It All Starts Here (Uganda Martyrs University 2001)
In 2021 we celebrate 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of its offspring, the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. We will take you through our colourful…
Category: 20 years of Edirisa, 10 of GH
Little-Known Hiking Overnights in Southwestern Uganda
I am Levi Ayebare, 28, and I have been working with Gorilla Highlands Experts on the Ugandan side of the region as a tecnico. This…
Her Crafts Take Kids to School
Annah Kyomukama is one of our partners at Lake Bunyonyi and an example of a strong woman. A widow and a mother of 10, she…
Many Happy Returns
I’m Jon Lee, a consistent California connection, who has been writing, editing stories, and narrating videos for the Gorilla Highlands initiative for over a decade.…
My Lakeshore Covid Life: A Farewell Story (For Now)
Hey you all, this is Brenda! As I am leaving Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi — the place where Gorilla Highlands Experts originated from — after…
Tom’s Timeless Tale
Tom Karemire really is a living legend around Lake Bunyonyi — ask any lake-dwellers and they will tell you a story about him. At age…
Man of Many Hats Makes It Home at Last
This is the sequel to Borderline Adventures that takes us deeper into Uganda and delivers me to my Lake Bunyonyi home… As fabulously fertile as…
Reflections from My Mirror
Travelling to another country or region and encountering the people of those places, always comes with its own particularities and challenges. As a graduated anthropologist…
Edirisa Evenings
19mm, f/6.3, 1/5s, ISO400 I like simplicity in photographs, but sometimes simplicity can be found even in busy backgrounds. Here, the contrasting colors of the…
Weekly Companion — Edirisa Anniversary Edition
I stood in front of the crowd in the packed auditorium in lady clothes, but what I was presenting I was damn serious about ……