When Joyce Orishaba was 6, her life could not have been more different than it is now. She was an orphan in Uganda, “sleeping with nothing but a banana leaf over my shoulders to keep me warm,” ...

One hundred words. That’s all 17-year-old Joyce Orishaba of Rancho Bernardo was allowed to use to convey the most powerful memories in her life. And it got her published in the New York Times.

One tribe that has quite a set of unusual traditions is the Luo tribe also called Joluo or Jonagi/Onagi. This is a tribe in Uganda, Kenya and in Mara Region in northern Tanzania. People from this ...

Bride price in Karamoja is traditionally paid in livestock, especially cattle, and can vary depending on factors such as clan size and wealth Karamojong people The Karamojong people of North Eastern ...

Uganda’s constitution recognises Banyarwanda as an official tribe, but people who take that identity face stringent scrutiny when getting IDs. With the difficulties, many of them are opting to ...

Abdulrahman Elham, builds a temporary latrine in Kiryandongo District.The district has several cultures with people from different places. PHOTO/HERBERT KAMOGA Unlike other districts in Uganda, ...

As the founder and director of an Indianapolis-based nonprofit called Shifting Ideas Through Educating African Women, Inc. (SitEAW), Santana works with volunteers and raises money to help vulnerable ...