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Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people , Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Uganda's Central Region , including the Ugandan capital Kampala .
Naggalabi Hill (at times written as Nagalabi) is a cultural, religious and heritage site where the kings of Buganda Kingdom are crowned. [1]It is also believed to be the place where the first king of Buganda Kingdom won the battle for the crown after a fight with his brother, Prince Bemba.
Under British rule before 1962, the regions were functional administrative units and were called provinces, headed by a Provincial Commissioner. The central region is the kingdom of Buganda, which then had a semi-autonomous government headed by the Kabaka (king). The equivalent of the Provincial Commissioner for Buganda was called the Resident. [3]
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi: Kampala: 2001 1022; i, iii, iv, vi (cultural) The tombs of the kings, or kabakas, of the Buganda kingdom, founded in the 13th century, are located on the hillside in Kampala. They are an important spiritual site of the Baganda. The main building was built in 1882 as a palace and converted into a tomb in 1884.
The sculpture shows the Njaza Clan totem of the Buganda Kingdom located in Mengo, Kampala. Njaza Clan is among the many clans in the present day Buganda Kingdom.Njaza is a Luganda word meaning reedbuck. It is one of the five clans that are indigenous to Buganda before the coming of Kintu. The members of the five clans are referred to as the ...
Location of Kampala in Central region, Uganda ... It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda, ... Map Chief town Buikwe: 250,511: 329,858: 422,771: 82:
The King’s Men: Leadership and Status in Buganda on the Eve of Independence (Oxford University Press, 1964). Hanson, Holly E. Landed Obligation: The Practice of Power in Buganda (Heinemann, 2003). Kaggwa, Sir Apollo K, Basekabaka be’Buganda [translated by MM Semakula Kiwanuka, Kings of Buganda]. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1971.
In the late eighteenth century the Kabaka Jjunju of Buganda (r. 1780 - 1797) defeated the Nyoro army and captured Buddu, which had been a province of Bunyoro. Buddu was the last territory to be acquired by Buganda before the arrival of the Europeans. [2] In 1892 Buddu was the most prosperous province in the kingdom. [3]