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This area of numerous hills and wetlands that later became known as Kampala was the site of the shifting capital of the Buganda Kingdom (each king, upon coronation, used to establish his capital on a different hill). Kampala originally referred to Mengo Hill, on whose the British had built a city over an old capital and hunting reserve of the Buganda Kingdom, from which several buildings still survive. In the Kiganda language spoken by the Buganda people, Kampala’s name was derived from the phrase kasozi k’ mpala, which translates to “hill of the impala”. Indeed, the area once had an immense impala population. Fort Lugard was built by the British East Africa Company as the initial headquarters of the Uganda Protectorate and developed as an important industrial and commercial center. Although the British had moved the capital to Entebbe, Kampala returned to be the capital when Uganda became an independent country in 1962. In 1922 Makerere Technical Institute was founded, being the first institution of higher education in East Africa.

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Events in Kampala

Kampala Art Biennale

Biennale
Art Makers in Kampala

Abushariaa Ahmed

Artist

Andrew Tabz

Photographer

Badru Katumba

Photographer

Bukenya Cedric

Artist

Daudi Karungi

Curator

Doddridge Busingye

Artist

Edison Mugalu

Artist

Henry "Mzili" Mujunga

Artist

Herbert Kalule

Artist

Ian Mwesiga

Artist

Ismael Kateregga

Artist

Lukwago Saad

Artist

Matt Kayem

Artist

Meron Afewerki

Artist

Muwanga Ibrahim

Artist

Ocom Adonias

Artist

Otelu Kenneth

Artist

Paul Ndema

Artist

Ronex Ahimbisibwe

Artist

Sanaa Gateja

Artist

Sekubulwa Baptist

Artist

Stacey Gillian Abe

Artist

Xenson Samson SSenkaaba

Artist
Art Spaces in Kampala

32° East Ugandan Arts Trust

Cultural Centre

Afriart Gallery

Art Gallery

Afriart Gallery on 7th

Art Gallery

Arts & Crafts Village

Cultural Centre

Bayimba Cultural Foundation

Foundation

Destreet Art Foundation

Foundation

Makerere Art Gallery

Art Gallery

Nommo Gallery

Art Gallery

Ujuzi Art Gallery

Art Gallery

Umoja Art Gallery

Art Gallery
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