Uganda's traditional ways could be a tool against HIV
The lyrics of the latest Acholi pop songs are a lament: they mourn the loss of "values" in northern Uganda after a two-decade civil war that has displaced two million people.
"The singer says all the girls are now prostitutes and the men have turned to drink," said Alex Odong as he translated the lyrics of a song blaring from the radio in his taxi, in the northern town of Kitgum. "He wonders what has gone wrong with our society since the war."
A walk through Labuje camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kitgum proves the singer's point. It is only 10 o'clock in the morning, but in a small round hut with 'Ber' - 'good' in Acholi - written on it, several men huddle in a circle, sucking on long straws that snake out of a pot filled with the local alcoholic brew.
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