In the eastern districts of Sironko, Mbale, Bulambuli, Manafwa and Bududa, when the circumcision season starts, many youths undergone the ritual. Mr Pilato Kisangala, 45, a Japadhola, was forcefully ...

There are bee-hive activities in Mutoto, Mbale district as the Bagisu prepare for the launch of the 2022 circumcision on August 13 th. The cultural rite is a passage from a boy to a man that all male ...

The Bagisu and the Sabiny are embroiled in a war of words over a piece of land in Kapchorwa district. Slightly tipsy, Mr Dodovico Chemaswet, 79, walks around outside his hut and sits down. He stares ...

Kampala — The Bagisu have been urged to reform the cultural ritual of imbalu to make it safe for those who undergo the practice. Imbalu is a cultural circumcision ritual performed by the Bagisu to ...

The Bagisu people of eastern Uganda boast of special places where they gather to perform cultural rites, among them imbalu, a male circumcision ritual. These sacred spaces can exist in the form of ...

On the slopes of Mount Elgon, where Uganda borders Kenya, bamboo forests nurture an indigenous delicacy known as malewa—a smoky, earthy dish made from dried bamboo shoots. Once a ritual food of the ...

Music, dance, drama and poetry are important elements of ritual in African societies. Imbalu, the centuries-old circumcision ritual of Uganda’s Bagisu people, is no different. When Bagisu boys between ...

Kampala — THE local government minister, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, directed the Police to investigate the border dispute between the Bagwere and the Bagisu over the Namatala wetland. "There is a lot ...