Mosque Architecture in Buganda, Uganda

Writing this short paper was prompted, first, by the alarming pace at which the destruction of earlier mosques is proceeding in Buganda, as they are replaced by new mosques built out of concrete in what is best termed the” Oriental” style; and, second, by the general absence of published material on the Islamic religious architecture of Uganda or, indeed, of East-Central Africa as a whole.’The kingdom of Buganda lies within the present-day Republic of Uganda. 2 Encompassing Kampala, the capital of Uganda, it stretches along the northern shore of Lake Victoria for 200 miles, and for some distance inland.