uganda’s Eight wonders - Nyero Rock Paintings
Widely recognised as some of the finest rock paintings in East Africa, the Nyero Rock paintings in Kumi district are surrounded by intrigue and mystery. No one knows who drew the paintings.
Nyero Rock Paintings
Mystery painted on rocks
Widely recognised as some of the finest rock paintings in East Africa, the Nyero Rock paintings in Kumi district are surrounded by intrigue and mystery. No one knows who drew the paintings.
What is for sure is that the geometric paintings inscribed using red, white and purple pigments, were drawn about 400 years ago. Some people have put claim to ancient yellow hairy Bushmen whom they say were once living there a hundred of years ago.
They are also considered a thread of evidence proving that South African Bantu speakers migrated from Africa’s inter-lacustrine region as similar paintings have been sighted down south. Either way, the paintings are a silent voice seeming to tell us about the life and traditions of our ancestors.
Mystery painted on rocks
Widely recognised as some of the finest rock paintings in East Africa, the Nyero Rock paintings in Kumi district are surrounded by intrigue and mystery. No one knows who drew the paintings.
What is for sure is that the geometric paintings inscribed using red, white and purple pigments, were drawn about 400 years ago. Some people have put claim to ancient yellow hairy Bushmen whom they say were once living there a hundred of years ago.
They are also considered a thread of evidence proving that South African Bantu speakers migrated from Africa’s inter-lacustrine region as similar paintings have been sighted down south. Either way, the paintings are a silent voice seeming to tell us about the life and traditions of our ancestors.