7 ATLASES
History of Uganda in maps
Uganda as it appears in 7 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 2015: Uganda. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Uganda before it was Uganda? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
Uganda · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Uganda · Haiti and Kenya independence
The railway was built to reach Uganda, declared a British protectorate in 1894. Britain governed largely through the kingdom of Buganda and its chiefs, and Uganda did not become a settler colony like neighboring Kenya. Its eastern province was transferred to Kenya in 1902. Uganda became independent under Milton Obote on 9 October 1962; the Kabaka of Buganda became its president in 1963.
| Other states and societies — the opening position | |
| Under colonial rule | |
| Other states and societies |
HAITI AND KENYA INDEPENDENCE: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Uganda · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Uganda · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Uganda · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Uganda · Decolonization of Africa
Uganda became independent from Britain in 1962 with a colonial border that enclosed a patchwork of kingdoms and peoples. Its subsequent descent led from Obote to Idi Amin’s murderous dictatorship of 1971–79, ended only by a Tanzanian invasion. Uganda became an emblem of the coup era at its worst, and of the strongman rule associated with the problem of the artificial state.
| British-ruled — the opening position | |
| Independent Africa |
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Uganda · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Right won in law |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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