Feeling relaxed? I hope so because that is precisely why I chose the above video to open my site on Uganda. To preface, this is an in depth, but no where near absolute, external look at a country whose independent status is younger than much of the global population. Through many hours of research and numerous sources, including firsthand perspectives, I've gathered an extensive understanding of Uganda. More importantly though, I have noted a country depicted constantly by and burdened by its past. A past that proves to be more persistent and definitive than its future. Uganda, while dubbed "the Pearl of Africa" by Winston Churchill in 1907, is known for two things: political instability and its natural beauty. While the latter serves as a prominent tool to promote the country, its past and present leaders cast a dark shadow on a beautiful nation. These ghosts of Uganda haunt the country in more ways than one. It haunts external perceptions, making people, more specifically Westeners, hesitant to travel to Uganda, and the destruction inflicted upon its people during, primarily, the rule of Idi Amin, still hinders improvement. Furthermore, Uganda is haunted by the standards exemplified by world leaders, standards that the country is striving to meet both in technology development and media. While these impressions are formed from extensive research, they are precisely that, impressions. Uganda is a fascinating country and I decided to open my site with a video that exemplifies the normalcy of a nation whose ghosts do not always allow outsiders to see.