Line #8 UsefulNotes/Uganda


1	[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uganda-map_3128.gif]]
2	[[caption-width-right:330:Just in case [[MemeticMutation you don't know da wae]] to there...]]
3	Let's discuss Uganda. No, [[Magazine/PrivateEye not in that way]].
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5	Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda ('''Swahili:''' ''Jamhuri ya Uganda'') is a highland country in East UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}. Located in the Great Rift Valley and bordering three of the African Great Lakes (Lakes Victoria, Albert, and Edward), its territory is very fertile, attracting a large population and making it one of the most densely populated states on the continent.
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7	The country has many ethnic groups, mostly descended from sedentary Bantu people who began populating the area during the 1st millennium BCE. These ethnic groups are rooted in feudal kingdoms which existed centuries before the British occupation, the most influential of which was the Buganda, a state bordering Lake Victoria and where the present capital of Kampala is located. There are also Nilotic-speaking pastoralists who predominate the northern half of the country. Beginning with the 19th century, Buganda started dealing with foreign polities extensively and many Baganda, then following traditional African religions, accepted religions brought in by foreigners, including Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam. When the British arrived later in the century, they strongarmed the Protestant community to bring the territory under their rule. In 1894, the Protectorate of Uganda was established, with the Buganda king (known as ''Kabaka'') being allowed to continue ruling as a ceremonial figurehead. In the following decades, the British also brought in thousands of Indian migrants who quickly took over the protectorate's economy.
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9	After independence was achieved in 1962, the non-Buganda factions, united by their opposition to the dominant Baganda, rapidly chipped their power away, with Prime Minister Milton Obote (an ethnic Lango from the north) abolishing the monarchical system in 1967 and turning the country into an authoritarian one-party state under the support of the military. During this period, Obote chose a young officer from the impoverished region of northwestern Uganda, [[UsefulNotes/IdiAmin Idi Amin Dada]], as a confidante, but became fearful when the latter began to ascend through the ranks, eventually becoming a general. When he attempted to arrest him, Amin saw through this and launched a coup in 1971, toppling the civilian government and bringing an eight year-long reign of terror.
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11	Amin pretty much wrote the book on being an African dictator. His regime killed somewhere between 80,000 to 500,000 people, expelled the entire Indian community who operated the mercantile sector and as a result brought havoc to the economy, engaged in state persecution against political opponents, and [[CruellaToAnimals caused widespread destruction on the wildlife]]. Amin switched sides from the Western to Eastern bloc and severed ties with UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} ([[UngratefulBastard who had previously helped him depose Obote]]) in favor of the Arab states, leading to such incidents as the Air France Flight 139 hijacking. In 1978, he accused UsefulNotes/{{Tanzania}} of hosting supporters of Obote (who was a close friend of Tanzania's president Julius Nyerere) and exiles and started terrorizing the Tanzanian border territory of Kagera. Tanzania launched a counterattack which escalated into a war that lasted into the following year, ending with Tanzania winning and Amin forced to go into exile.
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13	After an interim period, Milton Obote returned to power in a rigged election in 1981. Some military officers, many of them Amin loyalists and calling themselves the National Resistance Movement, rebelled under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni, triggering a disastrous war which claimed even more lives than Amin's regime. After 500,000 people were killed and his reputation in tatters, Obote [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left the country]] in 1985. His government fell in less than a year as Museveni's army seized the capital.
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15	Museveni has been ruling the country since, at [[LongRunner 37 years]] one of the longest currently reigning non-monarch leaders in the world. The country has become more peaceful under his government, though there has been continual skirmishes with rebel groups in the north. The most notorious of this is the Lord's Resistance Army, an Acholi militia known for its widespread use of {{child soldier}}s, and for the fact that its leader, a man named Joseph Kony, is completely off his nut. His followers believe a [[InterfaithSmoothie strange mixture of Christianity and animist beliefs]], and many people's fear of Kony stems partly from the belief that he has magical powers. Joseph Kony's actions reached the attention of American activists in 2012, who staged a very ambitious campaign of supporting the capturing of Kony by December of that year, by making him famous (it didn't work). Their goals are explained [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc here]].
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17	The country is also known for its criminalisation of homosexuality. In 2009, a Ugandan MP tried passing a bill that would either imprison or kill anyone with HIV, [[BuryYourGays anyone who engages in homosexual sex, or anyone who knows anyone who engages in homosexual sex and doesn't report it to the authorities.]] To be totally fair, the death penalty would "only" apply to homosexuals who raped children or those who were disabled, but it is an outrage nonetheless. International uproar has pulled the death penalty part of the bill, but the ridiculously harsh sentences are still in it. Reasons for this? Ask [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnrLt3VuSM this guy]]...
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19	In 2016, Museveni announced that Uganda and its neighbors UsefulNotes/{{Burundi}}, UsefulNotes/{{Kenya}}, UsefulNotes/{{Rwanda}}, UsefulNotes/SouthSudan, and Tanzania are planning to create a federation out of the East African Community customs and trade bloc. If they succeed, it will create an east-African "super state" with over 100 million people and more land area than almost any other country in Africa, one of the most populous Christian-majority states in the world, and probably enough power to shake up East African politics for a long, long time.
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21	!!Media set in Uganda:
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23	* ''Film/GeneralIdiAminDadaASelfPortrait'' is a documentary about...guess who
24	* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'', a SidelongGlanceBiopic of Idi Amin
25	* ''Raid on Entebbe'', a 1977 TV movie about the Israeli commando raid that freed their hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda
26	* ''Film/OperationThunderbolt'', 1977 Israeli film also about the commando raid at Entebbe Airport
27	* ''Film/QueenOfKatwe'', a {{Biopic}} of Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi
28	* ''Film/TheWildAndTheBrave'' is a 1974 documentary about a Ugandan natural park, and the handover from the last white warden to the first African one.
29	* ''Film/WhoKilledCaptainAlex'', a 2010 action movie by Ramon Film Productions taking place in Kampala, where it was also produced, known for its high pacing and low budget style that Creator/{{Wakaliwood}} is made famous for.
30	* ''Myth/GreatLakesBantuMythology''
31	* ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'' is about two Mormon Missionaries who are sent to Uganda.
32	* The Vertigo reboot of the comic book ''ComicBook/UnknownSoldier'' is set in Northern Uganda and deals with conflicts with the LRA.
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34	!!Other
35	* UgandanMedia
36	* Myth/AlurMythology
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38	[[AC:The Ugandan flag]]
39	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uganda_flag_9689.png
40	->The flag is composed of six alternating stripes of black, yellow and red, each symbolizing Africans, sunshine, and the people's blood fraternity, respectively; at the center is a white disc containing the grey crowned crane, an endangered species of bird used as a badge of Ugandan soldiers during British rule.
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42	[[AC:The Ugandan national anthem]]
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44	->Oh, Uganda! may God uphold thee,
45	->We lay our future in thy hand;
46	->United, free for liberty
47	->together we'll always stand.
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49	->Oh, Uganda! the land of freedom,
50	->Our love and labour we give;
51	->And with neighbours all
52	->At our country's call
53	->In peace and friendship we'll live.
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55	->Oh, Uganda! the land that feeds us,
56	->By sun and fertile soil grown;
57	->For our own dear land,
58	->We'll always stand,
59	->The Pearl of Africa's Crown.
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61	--
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63	->Loo, Uganda! Mungu akusimamie,
64	->Tunaweka mustakabali wetu mikononi mwako;
65	->Umoja, bure kwa uhuru
66	->pamoja tutasimama daima.
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68	->Loo, Uganda! ardhi ya uhuru,
69	->Tunatoa upendo wetu na kazi yetu;
70	->Na pamoja na majirani wote
71	->Katika wito wa nchi yetu
72	->Kwa amani na urafiki tutaishi.
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74	->Loo, Uganda! ardhi ambayo hutulisha,
75	->Kwa jua na mchanga wenye rutuba uliopandwa;
76	->Kwa ardhi yetu mpendwa,
77	->Tutasimama daima,
78	->Lulu ya Taji ya Afrika.
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80	[[AC:Government]]
81	* Unitary dominant-party presidential republic
82	** President: Yoweri Museveni
83	** Vice-President: Jessica Alupo
84	** Prime Minister: Robinah Nabbanja
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86	[[AC:Miscellaneous]]
87	* '''Capital and largest city:''' Kampala
88	* '''Population:''' 42,729,036
89	* '''Area:''' 241,038 km
90	(93,065 sq mi) (79th)
91	* '''Currency:''' Ugandan shilling ([=USh=]) (UGX)
92	* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' UG
93	* '''Country calling code:''' 256
94	* '''Highest point:''' Mount Stanley (5109 m/16,762 ft) (25th[[note]]shared with the UsefulNotes/DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo[[/note]])

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