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Uganda Country Study Uganda is a landlocked independent republic with a democratic government, situated in central western Africa. The capita is the city of Kampala, the official language is English though Swahili, (native language) is widely spoken. The national currency is the New Uganda shilling. Uganda enjoys a tropical climate of an average of 27 C or 80 F. Uganda’s natural resources include fertile soils, regular rainfall, sizable mineral deposits as copper and cobalt. Its source of fresh water is obtained from lakes; Victoria, Albert, Edward, Kwania, Cyoga and rivers; Victoria Nile and Albert Nile. Uganda began as part of the early African kingdoms, the kingdom of Buganda. Around the 1930s, Arab traders reached the interior of Buganda and found well-developed political institutions dating back several centuries. In the 1960s, British explorers reached the heart of Uganda and placed it under the British crown. “Because the African peoples of the south Sahara had no written language, there are few records. And these records have been horribly distorted by the needs of the colonial powers to demonstrate their superiority and prove that they were bringing civilization to Africa, an Africa that had no civilizat