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The creation myth of the people of Buganda, Uganda, includes a figure called Kintu, [1] who was the first person on earth, and the first man to wander the plains of Uganda alone. He has also sometimes been known as God, or the father of all people who created the first kingdoms.
The Baganda [3] (endonym: Baganda; singular Muganda) also called Waganda, are a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda.Traditionally composed of 52 clans (although since a 1993 survey, only 46 are officially recognised), the Baganda are the largest people of the Bantu ethnic group in Uganda, comprising 16.5 percent of the population at the time of the 2014 ...
Buganda map. It was a rich country, the most favoured part of the Lakeland, which is the most favoured part of Africa. Thanks to the great inland sea that the Ganda call Nalubaale, 'Mother of the gods', it enjoys a very reliable supply of rain.
Nambi is seen in The Quest for Kintu and the Search for Peace: Mythology and Morality in Nineteenth-Century Buganda, [2] alongside her husband Kintu. It is said in this journal that in Nineteenth-century Buganda, political leaders tried to unite back the kingdom by re-telling the creation myth and reminding those living in Buganda of where their constitutional and social roots come from.
First, in July 1986 the prime minister, Samson Kisekka – a Muganda – told people at a public rally in Buganda to stop this "foolish talk". [10] Without explanation, the government abruptly ordered the cancellation of celebrations to install the heir of another kingdom a week later. [10]
Semei Kakungulu (1869 – 24 November 1928) was a Ugandan statesman who founded the Abayudaya (Luganda: Jews) [1] community in Uganda in 1917. He studied and meditated on the Tanakh, adopted the observance of all Moses' commandments, including circumcision, and suggested this observance for all his followers.
He was the third son of Kabaka Ndawula Nsobya, the 19th Kabaka of Buganda.His mother was Nakidde Luyiga of the Ngo clan, the fourth (4th) of his father's seven (7) wives.
Uganda has many tribes that speak different languages.. The following is a list of all Ugandan tribes in alphabetical order. This list refers to Article 10(a) and the Third Schedule of Uganda´s Constitution (Uganda´s indigenous communities as at 1 February 1926) which enumerates 65 indigenous communities.