Catherine Namono

Catherine Namono is a Ugandan archaeologist and art historian who specializes in the study of Rock art. She is the first Ugandan woman to qualify as an archaeologist.

Quotes

• When I was studying art history, I did not know that rock paintings were part of archaeology.The urge to explore more made me go for archaeology.
• The market was flooded with art historians. I wanted to generate new information on a virgin area,so I enrolled for another masters in rock art studies at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.That degree marked my shift from art history to archaeology.