Then last Saturday night, as I was talking about Uganda to some kids at Rocky's missions conference, one of them commented on the "chicken" on the flag. Suddenly it clicked, and I remembered that Uganda's national bird is a crested crane. Much more noble of a bird to be on a flag!
posted by Amanda at
1:34 PM
I spent a total of 18 weeks in South Karamoja, Uganda between 2004-2006; this blog is part travel journal and part Karamoja/Africa news. Uganda is a country in East Africa, slightly smaller than Wyoming and with a pop. of 22 million; Karamoja is on the eastern side. (See this map.)
Coffee is the major export crop. In Karamoja, cattle are the measure of wealth; people also grow sorghum, beans, and peanuts.
Mini Glossary:
ejok nooi - hello
alakara - thank you
alakara akalip - thank you for praying
Akuj - God
akiru - rain
Your comments are welcome - I would be glad to hear from you!
5 Comments:
Amanda, did you ever hear why, or when, Uganda put the crested crane on its flag? Was there a Betsy Ross of Uganda? Does this have some special meaning? Crested crane seems quite exotic to me. How would one do research on this topic? Does Uganda have libraries, archives, and books that document its history? Is the information available on-line? Do many countries put birds on their flags -- or is Uganda's unique among the flags of the nations?
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Anonymous, at 2:35 AM
Hmm, I have no idea. It would be an interesting topic to research, though.
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Amanda, at 5:42 PM
Here's a link to the National Library of Uganda: http://www.nlu.go.ug/
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Amanda, at 6:02 PM
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Anonymous, at 5:42 AM
This helps a lot, thanks, because im doing coureswork on this.
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HT, at 1:33 AM
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