In William Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet asks, “What’s in a name?” She asserts that “that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” suggesting ...

On February 27, for instance, the High Court in Kampala heard the latest attempt: petitioners wanted all colonial-era street names scrapped in favour of names that accurately reflect Uganda’s ...

John Ssempebwa, the proprietor of Ssemagulu Royal museum and former CEO of Uganda Tourism Board, petitioned court in ...

“It is over 62 years since Uganda attained its independence in 1962 from the colonialists through self-determination. The capital has continued to use the colonial names and this ought to be ...

Many current arguments advanced by Uganda's NRM government in favor of the movement government are based on its interpretation of Uganda's brutal post-colonial experience. As summarized in one ...

See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years ...

From Fort Lugard to Fort Portal, several decades after independence, Uganda’s major towns still feature road names and monuments honouring colonial figures responsible for heinous crimes during ...