The front of the Ham Mukasa ancestral home in Mengo, Kampala. PHOTO | COURTESY OF CCFU
In an era of glass towers and brick and mortar structures devoid of meaningful architectural expression, buildings over 100 years old are rare gems in sub-Saharan cities.
It is especially because of this rarity that in April 2015, the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) initiated a project to preserve historical buildings in the country and produced a Historical Buildings Map of Kampala. CCFU is a local not-for-profit non-governmental organisation committed to preserving various aspects of Uganda’s tangible and intangible heritage.
