Ugandan History We tell Ugandan stories.Join in! Copyrights belong to respective photo owners. For complaints and takedown requests, contact us: ugandanhistory1962@gmail.com National Theatre. PHOTO:Robert VerbruggenNakasero Market. PHOTO: James Lang BrownNational Theatre. PHOTO: James Lang BrownUganda Parliament. PHOTO: James Lang BrownPope Paul VI was the first pope to visit Africa. Uganda is the first African country he visited. His plane landed at 3pm, July 31, 1969. Uganda was the first land to be visited by a pope on the African Continent and the first African country to host 3 different reigning popes.Pope Paul VI visit to Uganda in 1969Professor Nambooze, the first female doctor in East Africa.Joseph Mary Mubiru. First Governor of the Bank of Uganda.Grace IbingiraShaban Opolot. Uganda’s first Army CommanderDr Lukwiya. He died at 1:20 am on Tuesday, 5 December 2000 of Ebola, an epidemic he was instrumental in identifying and fighting. He reportedly contracted the virus from Simon Ajok, a nurse he had trained to care for Ebola patients. Before his death, he asked to be isolated.Godffrey Binaisa. Uganda’s first Attorney GeneralYusuf LuleNakasero Market, 1970s. PHOTO: HIPUgandaCrested Towers 1970s PHOTO: HIPUgandaCentral Bank,1970sLymphoma Treatment Centre, Mulago. 1950sDowntown Kampala, 1970s Photo by : Carl FleischhauerKampala Road, 1970s Photo by : Carl FleischhauerMbale clock tower. 60s/70s. Photo by : Carl FleischhauerEntebbe TowerJanani LuwumDouble Deck Bus, Kampala. (publisher unknown)Daudi Chwa, first Ugandan to privately own a carMedical Student at Makerere University Medical SchoolWreckage of Uganda AirlinesIdi Amin with White DiplomatsFord Cortina on Kampala Masaka road. 1960s. Photo: Geoff Polland.Uganda Mail Train (Publisher Unknown)The Apollo Hotel, present day SheratonAndrew KayiiraUTC buses Tororo, 1960s. PHOTO: E.V TownsendIgnatius Kangave Musaazi He formed Uganda’s first political Party, the Uganda National Congress on 2nd March 1952.Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja (August 1929 – 4 November 2005) was the first Secretary General of the Uganda National Congress party, the first political party in Uganda set up in March 1952 by Ignatius K. Musaazi.Idi Amin salutes the body of Kabaka Mutesa II during his funeral in 1971. From : http://nangalama.blogspot.comSpeke Hotel. 1960s. Photo: E.V TownsendKampala street. PHOTO: E.V. TownsendKampala. 1963. PHOTO: Malcolm McCrowCars parked near imperial Hotel (current Grand Imperial) in Kampala. 60s/70s. Photos: Malcom McCrow.obote with samora machel (Publisher unknown)Erinayo Wilson Oryema. Erinayo Wilson Oryema (1 January 1917 – 16 February 1977) was Uganda’s first African Inspector General of Police serving from 1964 to 1971.Museveni with Fidel Castro. Photo: The Insider.Silver Springs Hotel. Late 60s/70s. It was Kampala’s third hotel, built to accommodate passengers from the flying boats making an over-night stop at Port Bell. Photos by Daphe Seager.In 1974, President Idi Amin appointed Elizabeth Bagaya as foreign affairs minister, only to fire her 8 months later, partly, for turning down his advances towards her. He reportedly wanted to marry her.Uganda’s first Vice President. William Wilberforce Nadiope III PHOTO: eagle.co.ugDr Margaret Mungherera, a Ugandan Psychiatrist served as president of the World Medical Association from Oct 2013 to Oct 2014. The world medical association is the international organization that represents physicians internationally. She died of colorectal cancer in 2017.Edward Echwalu Ugandan Photojournalist @echwaluHe was 1st Runner Up in the @CNNAfricaAfrican Journalist of the Year Awards 2012. His work’s been published in Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Dailymail UK, The Guardian. Photo source: http://widerimage.reuters.comDaniel Nkata. Ugandan Referee. He was the first black person to be awarded the FIFA Badge south of the Sahara. He died in August, 2004. Photo sources : History in progress, Uganda. All photographs are part of Nkata family collection and owned by them.Victor Ochen In 2015, Forbes named him as one of the 10 most powerful men in Africa. He’s the first Ugandan and the youngest ever African to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for rehabilitating victims of war by providing psycho-social support and life-saving healthcare.Bombo RoadPolitics, Africa, Uganda, pic: 15th April 1979, Kampala, The house of Uganda President Idi Amin, pictured after he had fled the country in April 1979, after ruling Uganda 1971-1979, a time of much “blood letting” (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images) WordPress Twitter