Part II
Again, here are the Kasubi Tombs I visited on Saturday, March 13th. Inside are the remains of four of the many past Kabaka, or Baganda Kings. If you want to see what they look like now, look in the papers online, because they burned to the ground a few days later. This was the largest straw "hut" in the world, and recognized as a UNESCO site both for that fact and for its central role in the history of the Baganda kingdom, the largest ethnic minority in Uganda.
The second photo is of Peter Mugwanya, my "special hire" cab driver for the weekend, and Azida, the office manager for WellShare in Kampala, both wonderful hosts and good company for the couple of days I spent in the big city. They are surrounded by the traditional pounded bark paintings produced by workers at the Tombs to support the place. I'm not sure if the paintings survived the fire.
