Suubi village

Uganda: the land of the happy Watoto

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June 12th 2007
Entebbe airport at some ungodly hour and it's so good to see a friendly face to greet us! His name is Ivan, he works for Watoto (Swahili for 'child') and he is our driver for the week. We arrived at our friend Natalie Locke's place at about 5am during a blackout...ah Africa! Thankfully we got to sleep for a few hours before starting our day as we hadn't seen a bed for the last 2 nights (or a show ... read more

Africa » Uganda

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more