WORLDCOOK'S TRAVELS - UGANDA

Recipes from Uganda

Uganda- overview

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Uganda is situated on a high plateau between two rifts. On its borders you will find many lakes, like Lake Edward and Lake Albert on the border with DR Congo, their names commemorating the old Belgian colonial times in that country. On the border with Tanzania is the Lake Victoria, the second largest lake in the world and the source of the Nile, which many people have tried to find for a long time. Uganda was a collection of kingdoms until the invasion of Arab traders in 1830. In 1860 British came looking for the Nile's source and between 1894 and 9 October 1962 Uganda was a British protectorate Uganda has a beautiful nature and a lot of wildlife; we visited a rhino park. There are not many cities, and the cities are not big: Kampala for instance has hardly any traffic lights. The country produces and exports coffee. The Uganda Railway, which was finished by the British in 1896, runs from Kampala to Mombasa in Kenya. The British had many people from India come over to build the railway, and their descendents still live in Uganda. The movie "The last king of Scotland" gives an interesting insight in a piece of the country's history. On the culinary calendar, you will find the 9th of October is Independence Day and the 9th of June is Heroes Day.