Ugandan Culture In Uganda

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Uganda a country located on the east side of Africa also known as the pearl of Africa. Uganda has a population of 41.49 million according to their last census. Uganda is the most populous country surrounded by land after Ethiopia. However, the largest lake in Africa called the Lake Victoria occupies most of the land. Uganda is also known for its multiple mountains on the southwest, the Rwenzori Mountains that are the utmost mountain in Africa. Mount Virunga and also mount Elgon to just name few. Uganda has a vast ethnolinguistic composition that consists of "Bantu" speakers from the south and the "Nitholic North". The "Ganda" is the largest ethnic group constitute one sixty of the population. The "Bantu" speakers are the Nyoro, Kiga, Nyankole,…show more content…
The primary role of women is to keep the home from cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children. Men definitely have more opportunities, for many women owning a land is impossible due to the lack of inheritance right. They are eventually able to own land through their spouse. Otiso, K. M. (2006) In Ugandan culture, marriage is a very important event. Arranged marriage is nonexistent, couples are free to marry whom they wish but the man needs to negotiate the marriage with the family of the bride. A bride price needs to be paid as well which is becoming very expensive because families see the bride price as a recompense for the effort put in raising the child. Each religion tends to marry within their own group. Homosexuality is considered an aversion and harsh penalties are imposed. The lack of allowance to homosexuality is blamed on tradition and culture but the main belief is homosexuality threatens the continuance of the human race. The mortality rate in children is improving but the maternal mortality is on the high rise. Traditional rituals where herbs are orally taken and also inserted vaginally is believed to cleanse both mother and unborn baby. Uganda has very traditional practices in childbearing such as “Runyankole” and…show more content…
Uganda is very prone to many diseases such as HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and much more that are preventable but reasons I believe is the lack of both monitoring and accountability between patients and providers. The population of Uganda has a greater access to a traditional healer than a medical doctor, also traditional healers are seen as part of the culture but worth mentioning is that most rural villages have one healer to care for a whole village which becomes a problem and affects patient care. The country imports all of its drugs from overseas and tends to experience a lot of shortage. For many rural places depending on herbal medicine has become their best chance. Furthermore, there a few non-governmental organizations that’s promoting traditional medicine. An example would be Prometra Uganda is an affiliate of Prometra international that’s promoting traditional medical knowledge and practices for an improved health

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