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The Uganda Society is a cultural, and scientific society in Uganda that was founded in 1923. The society was established to promote the study of Uganda’s history, culture, and natural history.https://biosci.kyu.ac.ug/ugssti/about-the-uganda-society/
The society has a library and archives that contain information on Uganda’s history, culture, and natural history. The society also publishes a journal, ''
Founded as the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society in 1923 in
The Society hosts the Uganda Society Library at its current location at the Uganda Museum.
The library, founded in the 1920s, offers a collection of "volumes, maps, periodicals and photographs many of which were otherwise unavailable elsewhere in Uganda". The collection comprises approximately 6,000 volumes "all pertaining to African history, culture, sociology, travel and science".
Digital collection of The Uganda Journal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uganda Society, The Literary societies Scientific societies based in Uganda Cultural organisations based in Uganda Organizations established in 1923 1923 establishments in Uganda Organisations based in Kampala Learned societies of Africa Learned societies of Uganda
The Uganda Society is a cultural, and scientific society in Uganda that was founded in 1923. The society was established to promote the study of Uganda’s history, culture, and natural history.https://biosci.kyu.ac.ug/ugssti/about-the-uganda-society/
The society has a library and archives that contain information on Uganda’s history, culture, and natural history. The society also publishes a journal, ''The Uganda Journal
''The Uganda Journal'' is a biannual scholarly journal of the Uganda Society (previously the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society) with its first publication in 1934. The journal's focus is on documenting and disseminating knowledge about Uganda ...
''.
Background
Founded as the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society in 1923 in Entebbe
Entebbe is a city in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda pri ...
, in the then Protectorate of Uganda
The Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962. In 1893 the Imperial British East Africa Company transferred its administration rights of territory consisting mainly of the Kingdom of Buganda to the Br ...
, it gained its current name in 1933.
In its first five years, the society was involved in presenting lectures of "scientific, historical, economic, or religious interest" but faced a near collapse in 1928 due to members dispersing.
It was revived in 1933 through the efforts of Edward James Wayland
Edward James Wayland C.B.E, 23 January 1888- 11 July 1966 was a British geologist and author. He was the first president of the Geological Survey of Uganda and co-founder of The Uganda Society in 1923.
Early life and education
Wayland was born ...
, a British geologist and Sir Herbert Ralph Hone, who was the Attorney General of the Protectorate of Uganda in between 1937 - 1943.
Location
The Uganda Society moved location from Entebbe, to the Kampala Club in June 1933. It then moved to the Sikh Barracks, and in 1960 it was at the National Cultural Center in Kampala. AFord Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a $25,000 (about $550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford. ...
grant provided for the extension of the Uganda Museum in 1963, which saw space allocated to the society in the Education Wing of the Uganda museum
The Uganda Museum is located in Kampala, Uganda. It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage. It was founded in 1908, after Governor George Wilson called for "all articl ...
which has been its home since then
Activities
According to a Library of Congress entry, its main activity consisted of "the reading of papers and the delivery of lectures on topics relating to Uganda". In 1933, the society moved its headquarters to Kampala and decided to issue a regular publication, ''The Uganda Journal''. The journal's declared aim was "to collect and publish information which may add to our knowledge of Uganda and to record that which in the course of time might be lost."Library
The Society hosts the Uganda Society Library at its current location at the Uganda Museum.
The library, founded in the 1920s, offers a collection of "volumes, maps, periodicals and photographs many of which were otherwise unavailable elsewhere in Uganda". The collection comprises approximately 6,000 volumes "all pertaining to African history, culture, sociology, travel and science".
Public talks
Publications
The Uganda Society publishes ''The Uganda Journal
''The Uganda Journal'' is a biannual scholarly journal of the Uganda Society (previously the Uganda Literary and Scientific Society) with its first publication in 1934. The journal's focus is on documenting and disseminating knowledge about Uganda ...
''. After moving from Entebbe to Kampala in 1933, the society decided to publish ''The Uganda Journal'' with its first publication in 1934. It was stated that the journal aimed "to collect and publish information which may add to our knowledge of Uganda and to record that which in the course of time might be lost."
The Society also sponsored publications like "A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda", by Captain C. R. S. Pitman, and "Uganda Memories", by Sir Albert Cook.
References
External links
Digital collection of The Uganda Journal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uganda Society, The Literary societies Scientific societies based in Uganda Cultural organisations based in Uganda Organizations established in 1923 1923 establishments in Uganda Organisations based in Kampala Learned societies of Africa Learned societies of Uganda