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The Mind of Buganda: Documents of the Modern History of an African Kingdom (1971), primary sources; Reid, Richard. Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda: Economy, Society and Warfare in the 19th Century (2002) Rowe, John A. "Eyewitness Accounts of Buganda History: The Memoirs of Ham Mukasa and His Generation." Ethnohistory 36 (1989): 61–71.
Photo of Njovu Clan totem. 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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Inside Buganda's royal tombs such as the Kasubi Tombs and the Wamala Tombs, one is shown the entrance of the forest. It is a taboo to look beyond the entrance. Additionally, there is another specific tradition of the Baganda concerning the two kings who rule the Kingdom of Buganda that began after the death of Kabaka Tebandeke ( c. 1704 – c ...
According to legend, Mbogga, the founder of the clan, came with Ssekabaka (King) Kintu to establish the kingdom of Buganda along the north western shores of Lake Nalubaale (Victoria) during the 15th century. Traditionally, Mbogga's job in the palace was to look after the king's cow, "Mbulidde", a role that is now performed by the clan in the ...
The Nvubu Clan has two main tasks that were designated to them at the Kabaka's palace.. Healing the sick/wounded. According to Buganda history, it is said whenever the Kabaka's warriors got wounded, for example if the warrior was struck in the chest by a spear, the doctor "Kayita" would relocate the wound from the chest to the leg and start the treatment process from there.