S1 E1 - Bunyoro-Kitara

3 February 2024

See the history of the Kitara Empire, one of the largest empires in East and Central Africa. The detailed story of Omukama (king) John Cwa II Kabaleega, who was a paramount king of East Africa’s kingdoms and chiefdoms, encapsulates the thesis of the Tuko Pamoja (We are one) series.

S1 E2 - Buganda

11 February 2024

See the systematic growth of an embryonic kingdom with strong links with Bunyoro and Bugisu that grew from a mere three counties to a nation. How did embattled Mwanga’s Buganda manage to remain a nation within a nation in the post-colonial Uganda, yet it was a springboard of British colonialism?

S1 E3 - Busoga

21 February 2024

It explores the birth of a nation that was, for a long time, a pawn of Bunyoro and Buganda kingdoms. It was and is still a gateway into Uganda.

S1 E4 - Ankole:Kaaro-Karungi(Nkore), Buhweju, Buzimba and Mpororo States

28 February 2024

Ankole brings on-screen people linked to Bunyoro and Rwanda. Because Ankole’s misnomer exemplifies the colonial concoction of a kingdom, the colonial repercussions reverberate in today’s Ankore (there is a shell of a kingdom).

S1 E5 - The Ateker ('Ango') Peoples: Lango, Karamojong & Iteso

10 March 2024

It shows the connections of the Ateker people in East Africa and, more so, the role played by the Langi in defending pre-colonial Uganda. The Langi, who are Ateker by DNA and Luo by language, stand out as significant in the history of Uganda since they were protecting Omukama Kabaleega and Kabaka Mwanga in Kangai.

S1 E6 - Eastern Uganda: Bagisu & Babukusu; Samia and Bagwe (The Luhyas)

23 March 2024

This segment underscores the hybridity that results from two ethnic groups (the Nilotics and the Bantus) and the fact that the Berlin-drawn borders divided people into different countries, but the ordinary people have disregarded the artificial borders.

S1 E7 - Tooro

6 April 2024

Tooro is like a siamese twin of Bunyoro Kitara, and both Banyoro and Batooroare closely linked to their ancestors: the Luos, whose names they adorn as praise names (Amooti, Abwooli, Akiiki, Abbala, etc.).

S1 E8 - The Luo: Acholi, Alur & Jopadhola

20 April 2024

Spread all over Uganda and the Great Lakes Region, the Luo’s civilisation is felt in all parts of this world because they were and still are the rulers of the major Kingdoms in the region.

S1 E9 - Kigezi: Bafumbira, Bakiga and Batwa

4 May 2024

The Banyakigezi (people of Kigezi) underscores the impact of artificial borders and the fact that Ugandans and Rwandans are one.

S1 E10 - Lado Enclave: West Nilers: (Lugbara, Aringa, Madi and Kakwa)

11 May 2024

These cousins of Luos and, mostly heavily intermarried among the Banyoro, have a village called Worokomba (Muzungu ends here), but their chief resister, Achief Aliku, is not among the mainstream resisters of foreign aggression. Tuko Pamoja weaves a story of people who were tossed from DRC to Uganda, yet are still divided by the artificial border from their kins in DRC and Sudan.

S1 E11 - (Re)-emergent/Breakaway states: Bunyala, Buruuli & Kooki

18 May 2024

‘To be or not to be…’ comes alive here. At a time when nations are aspiring to federate, one wonders why the chiefdoms want to create independent Kingdoms. The answer is in history: even the Bugandas and Bunyoros (greatest kingdoms in Uganda) were formed at a certain time.

S1 E12 - Kingdoms of the Mountains of Moon (The Rwenzori (Rwenzururu/ Rwenjura) peoples

25 May 2024

Bakonjo, Bamba and Basongora. Be witness to the continued injustice caused by the Berlin conference, as almost everyone in the Rwenzori region has a relative in Congo.

S1 E13 - Uganda: The Making of a Nation

1 June 2024

Explore how the diverse yet interconnected peoples of contemporary Uganda handle the post-colonial dispensation after being clamped together into a country called Uganda. How are they fostering national unity after five decades of independence?