Have been exploring the cave paintings at Nyero Cves the last couple of days.The Nyero Cave’s are thought to have been inhabited centuries ago by a minority race of yellow skinned humans, very different from surrounding people. This rare race painted the walls of the caves with series of circles, boats and wildlife etc.
It is thought to be strange that that there are images of boats – the background of these people was thought to be cultivating land and cattle herding, due to the cave location not being near the water – however the paintings must have been done by people who fished the rivers or lakes.
Local belief has it that the tribe of yellow people visited the lake where the Basoga tribe lived and intermarried, this possibly resulted in the Bakenye tribe which still exists today in small numbers living along the water’s edge.
Eventually, it is believed that the Iteso people met the minority group at Nyero Caves and either drove them away or wiped them out.
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