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Matia Semakula Mulumba Kiwanuka (professionally referred to as Dr.Semakula Kiwanuka)(born 16 September 1939) is a Ugandan historian, diplomat, author and researcher .

He also served as the 34th President of The Uganda Society between 1967 to 1968.

Background and education

Career

Academia

Semakula Kiwankuka had a number of academic appointments such as Director of Studies at the University of Calabar, Nigeria (1981-1985). Other academic appointments -- from August 1977 to April 1981 -- include visiting scholar, University of Cambridge; visiting fellow, St. Edmunds College, Cambridge; senior visitor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge. He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Professor and Head of the History Department at Makerere University (1973- 1976). Under the sponsorship of the United States Department of State, he served as Visiting Associate Professor in African History at Northwestern and Duke Universities (1968-1970). Prior to that he was a senior lecturer (1968- 1972) and special lecturer (1964-1968) at Makerere University.He later worked as the Dean, School of Post-Graduate Studies and Research at Makerere University between 1991 and 1994.

Diplomat

In 1996, he was appointed Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations. Semakula Kiwanuka then served as Uganda's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates based in Abu Dhabi between 2009 to 2013

Publications

  • A History of Buganda from the Foundation of the Kingdom to 1900
  • Amin and the Tragedy of Uganda

References

  1. "M. Semakula M. Kiwanuka | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UGANDA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  3. "Former Ambassadors and Heads of Mission | Embassy of the Republic of Uganda". abudhabi.mofa.go.ug. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  4. "The Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates". Published By UPPC. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  5. "Amin and the tragedy of Uganda / by Semakula Kiwanuka - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-12-12.