![EXPLAINED: The first recorded C-sections happened in present day Bunyoro in Uganda #AThingUnderstood - YouTube EXPLAINED: The first recorded C-sections happened in present day Bunyoro in Uganda #AThingUnderstood - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mto400r_T3M/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLBem6NwPAqLpZXNhcnGvs-TfJsjNQ)
EXPLAINED: The first recorded C-sections happened in present day Bunyoro in Uganda #AThingUnderstood - YouTube
![Dr Kizza Blair on X: "Did you know that Bunyoro Kingdom in Uganda was the first to perform Cesarean sections as early as 18th Century to save both mother and child 😳 Dr Kizza Blair on X: "Did you know that Bunyoro Kingdom in Uganda was the first to perform Cesarean sections as early as 18th Century to save both mother and child 😳](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fu5LkZWaMAAYzyG.jpg)
Dr Kizza Blair on X: "Did you know that Bunyoro Kingdom in Uganda was the first to perform Cesarean sections as early as 18th Century to save both mother and child 😳
![Nancy Kacungira on X: "How many of us were ever taught that the modern-day “cesarean section” surgical procedure was practiced in Africa as early as the 13th century, long before the arrival Nancy Kacungira on X: "How many of us were ever taught that the modern-day “cesarean section” surgical procedure was practiced in Africa as early as the 13th century, long before the arrival](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY3MSXqWAAERULm.jpg)
Nancy Kacungira on X: "How many of us were ever taught that the modern-day “cesarean section” surgical procedure was practiced in Africa as early as the 13th century, long before the arrival
![Successful Cesarean section performed by indigenous healers in Kahura, Uganda. As observed by R. W. Felkin in 1879 from his article 'Notes on Labour in Central Africa' published in the Edinburgh Medical Successful Cesarean section performed by indigenous healers in Kahura, Uganda. As observed by R. W. Felkin in 1879 from his article 'Notes on Labour in Central Africa' published in the Edinburgh Medical](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EX6MXR/successful-cesarean-section-performed-by-indigenous-healers-in-kahura-EX6MXR.jpg)