Once vilified and oppressed, Uganda’s Nubians become a tourist attraction

A Nubian couple admire presents received on their wedding day. Pictures: A correspondent

Thirty minutes away from the city, we turn off the Gulu-Kampala highway to Gangama village in Bombo, a town famous for its inhabitants — the Nubians.

The community’s long history of origin, settlement and its love-hate relationship with the government is vivid in our memories.