Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Islam[3]
Related ethnic groups
Basoga, Baganda and other Bantu peoples
The Gwere people, also called Bagwere,[4] are a Bantu ethnic group in Uganda. They are among the 65 ethnic societies of Uganda. Gwere is the root word, and the people are referred to as Bagwere (endonym) or Mugwere (singular).[5] According to the 2002 Census of Uganda, 23.6% of Bagwere are Roman Catholic, 46.8% are Anglican (Church of Uganda), 23.9% are Muslim and 3.1% are Pentecostal.[6]
^Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
^"Uganda". World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
^"Population Composition" (PDF). ubos.org. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^Essays on Music and History in Africa, Northwestern University Press, 1971, p. 109, ISBN 9780810103337
^Isabirye, James (2020). "Namadu Drum Music and Dance as Mediation of Healing Rituals among the Bagwere People of Uganda". Journal of Music Research in Africa. 17 (1): 47 – via Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
^"Population Composition" (PDF). ubos.org. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
The Gwerepeople, also called Bagwere, are a Bantu ethnic group in Uganda. They are among the 65 ethnic societies of Uganda. Gwere is the root word, and...
Gwere may refer to: GwerepeopleGwere language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gwere. If an internal link led you here...
Gwere, or Lugwere, is the language spoken by the Gwerepeople (Bagwere), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda. It has a close dialectical...
and *Lupada, Naboa, *Budaka District, among the Gwerepeople, in eastern Uganda. Other Bashimba people settled in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) which was...
districts The surrounding peoples are the Gisu people to the east, Adhola people to the south, Soga people to the west and Gwerepeople to the north. The Banyole...
southern plains including the Nilotic Teso people and the Bantu Gwerepeople and Nyole people. The plains peoples were mostly acephalous. For many years Mbale...
first highly trained military officer and government minister among the Gwerepeople, who later became one of the first leaders of Uganda's first political...
origin. Some, from Namutumba, are Basoga. They speak Luganda, Soga, or Gwere, and some have learned Hebrew as well. The group owes its origin to Muganda...
measles by the local people in the area. The Sipi Falls area grows Bugisu Arabica coffee, which is profitable for the local people.[citation needed] Wikimedia...
and over a series of rapids that includes the Fula (Fola) Rapids. To some people, the White Nile starts at the confluence of the Mountain Nile with the Bahr...
Soga language is very similar to the neighbouring languages Luganda and Gwere as all 3 descend from a common ancestor language (Proto-North Nyanza). The...
some of which are tuned to a tetratonic scale. In eastern Uganda, the Gwere use for their six-string harp (called tongoli) a tetratonic scale in which...
indefinite article directly equivalent to the English a or an, but /zɜ/-(root)-/ɡʷɜrɜ/ (literally 'one'-(root)-'certain') translates French un : e.g. /zɜnɜjnʃʷɡʷɜrɜ/...
safe drinking water for an estimated one million people and improved sanitation for 100 000 people. Sediment and suspended solids are filtered out using...
was chosen as a Ramsar Site (protected area) for its importance for the people and animals. High human population densities and a reliance on subsistence...
from the park and domestic cattle of the surrounding Karamajong and Pokot people. Lake Opeta is primarily fed by rainfall on Mount Elgon and drains into...
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