Uganda in Depth - A Peace Corps Publication

There are three major linguistic families in Uganda and about 50 distinct languagesdivided among them. Languages also tend to define the boundaries of cultural differences.In the late 1980s, Ugandan officials estimated that 66 percent of the population consisted ofChristians (almost equally divided among Protestants and Roman Catholics), approximately 15 percent were Muslim, and roughly 19 percent were adherents of localreligions or not affiliated with any religion. World and local religion...