Uagadou (pronounced "Waggadoo" in Bantu) School of Magic was founded in the 800 CE and grew to have the largest student body of all wizarding schools in the world. Because it is owned by the Ugandan Council of Magic, it primarily takes students from its host country but freely accepts children from all over the continent. Since Uagadou boards its students from such a large variety of cultures; only one official language at school would not be possible. Instead, pupils can choose between five languages they can have their lessons taught in. These consists of Bantu, Swahili, Zulu, Yoruba, and Amharic. They must be able to speak either of these before attending otherwise they won't be let in.
Students receive notice that they have gained entrance at Uagadou from Dream Messengers, sent by the headmaster or headmistress of the day. The Dream Messenger will appear to the children as they sleep and will leave a token, usually an inscribed stone, which is found in the child's hand on waking. Students are boarded at a minimum age of 10 and normally graduates after 9 years of study. Uagdou uses a heavy battalion of flying dhows (traditional sailing vessels) as transportation for its pupils. The school uniform consists of green and yellow robes.
Africa houses many, smaller day schools for kids that are not accepted or don't want to study at Uagadou. Examples of where they're located include; Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Madagascar are examples of African countries that house their own school.
Uagadou is conveniently situated within the mythical "Mountains of the Moon"; visitors speak of a stunning edifice carved out of the mountainside and shrouded in mist so that it sometimes appears simply to float in mid-air. There are student dormitories and classes both on the outside and within the mountain.
Much of the labor, like the cooking and the cleaning, is done by Yumboes, spirits of the dead and the African equivalent of house elves. The outside grounds are guarded by the eloko; Dwarf like spirits of local natives that haunts the rainforest to protect the children from the unwanted.
The first evidence of magic has been traced down to Africa, or more specifically, the regions of Ethiopia and Kenya, where humanity originated, to begin with. The wand is a European invention, and while African witches and wizards have adopted it as a useful tool in the last century, many spells are cast simply by pointing the finger or through hand gestures while speaking incarnations on ancient African languages. Wandless magic is highly advanced and requires much more discipline and time to practice than wand based spellcasting, hence Uagadou's early age of attendance and late age of graduation.
There, however, classes exclusively for teaching western wand magic, with spells that are cast through Latin based incarnations. Uagadou graduates also tend to be well versed in Astronomy, Alchemy, Spiritual and ritual magic. There are also many subjects of physical activity, like sports and gym, for students to keep good physic.
At a recent International Symposium of Animagi, the Uagadou School Team attracted a lot of press when their exhibition of synchronized transforming caused a near riot. Many older and more experienced witches and wizards felt threatened by fourteen-year-olds who could turn at will into elephants, cheetahs, and hyenas, and a formal complaint was lodged with the International Confederation of Wizards by Adrian Tutley (Animagus: gerbil). Animagi is an optional course and every animagus needs to be registered if their animal form should be revealed to a dangerous one, like a black mamba or a honey badger.