Search results for "Religion in Uganda" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Republic of Uganda, or Uganda, (usually pronounced yoo-GAN-duh ... Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses ...18 KB (2,666 words) - 23:11, 24 March 2024
- *East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; * Horn of Africa ... * Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe – often included in Southern Africa ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- and ethnographer who gained prominence in 1962 with his idealized, lyrical ... Colin Macmillan Turnbull was born to Scottish parents in Harrow, England ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- generally regarded as the longest river in the world and among the most ... Flowing northward from remote sources in the mountains of Ethiopia ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- A person with ubuntu knows his or her place in the universe and is consequently ... towards others," and "the belief in a universal bond of sharing ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east ... The country is infamous for the 1994 genocide that resulted in the ...25 KB (3,542 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2023
- The city became Rwanda's capital in 1962 when independence was ... (after 1895). It was chartered as a city in 1907, becoming a regional center ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- In anthropology, a Pygmy is a member of a hunter-gatherer people characterized ... The greatest threats to Pygmy survival in Africa comes from threatened ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- is an association of these churches in full communion with the Church ... The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 18:08, 27 July 2023
- organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing ... Médecins Sans Frontières was created in 1971 by a small group of ...42 KB (6,193 words) - 17:12, 25 February 2024
- Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to ... continents. Condemned throughout the world in contemporary times, nonetheless ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- city to more centrally located Dodoma in 1996, it continues to serve ... Tanzania remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but has ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- the meaning of rituals and their symbolism in this context. Through developing ... containing religious or spiritual components in the referents of the symbolism ...16 KB (2,369 words) - 20:08, 3 May 2023
- from 1952 to 1966. He became Prime Minister in 1952 and President when Ghana ... re-shape the political geography of Africa in their own, not others' ...26 KB (3,734 words) - 04:40, 4 March 2023
- through marriage. Often referred to in the context of black and white ... black and white people was widely taboo. In much of the U.S. South, miscegenation ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- sex education, but the nature varies widely. In some countries (such as Australia ... The world's major religions concur in viewing sexual intimacy ...26 KB (3,715 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
- other anthropogenic activities have resulted in threats to many bovids, including ... which gives them greater quickness and speed in running and jumping and lets ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 01:57, 12 January 2023
- AIDS is an acronym for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Originating ... The "culture wars" over religion and sexuality have divided ...36 KB (5,435 words) - 19:47, 16 October 2020
