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A Picture is worth a thousand words. It is this adage that constitutes the genesis of this picture history of Uganda. This book is a rich compilation of images portraying Uganda's various epochs. On one hand, it depicts a number of the activities, sites, institutions and personalities that have had an impact, in one way or the other, on the course of events in Uganda. On the other hand, it portrays ordinary people getting on with their lives, some egaged in activities that are no longer practiced or that are done quite differently today. This picture book will enable the reader to gain an important insight into Uganda's distant and recent past.