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This article contains a list of kings of Rwanda. The Kingdom of Rwanda was ruled by sovereigns titled mwami (plural abami), and was one of the oldest and the most centralized kingdoms in the history of Central and East Africa. Its state and affairs before King Gihanga I are largely unconfirmed and highly shrouded in mythical tales.
The borders of the kingdom were rounded out in the late 19th century by Mwami Rwabugiri, who is regarded as Rwanda’s greatest king. By 1900, Rwanda was a unified state with a centralized military structure. [14] Owing to its isolation, Rwanda's engagement with the Indian Ocean slave trade was
Gahima I (also known as Kanyarwanda I, Kayima I, Ghem, Khem, Kakama, Khm, Ham among East Africans is recited by the Rwandan "Abiru" (cultural historians and griots) as one of the primal Mwami, or King of Rwanda supposedly after Gihanga's long reign around the Nile source and beyond. Gahima I is believed to be the general ancestral patriarch of ...
Human occupation of Rwanda is thought to have begun shortly after the last ice age.By the 11th century, [1] the inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms. In the 19th century, Mwami Rwabugiri of the Kingdom of Rwanda conducted a decades-long process of military conquest and administrative consolidation that resulted in the kingdom coming to control most of what is now Rwanda.
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Gihanga I ("Creator", "Founder") is a Rwandan cultural hero described in oral histories as an ancient king popularly credited with establishing the ancient Kingdom of Rwanda. Gihanga descended from a line of gods Ibimanuka kings headed by Kigwa and introduced foundational elements of the African Great Lakes civilization, including fire, cattle ...
Belgium grants Rwanda independence. [1] 26 October: Grégoire Kayibanda becomes the first elected President of Rwanda. 1963: Following a Tutsi guerilla attack from Burundi, an anti-Tutsi backlash kills thousands. 1973: 5 July: Grégoire Kayibanda is overthrown in a military coup d'état. [4] Juvénal Habyarimana becomes the third President of ...
Yuhi IV Gahindiro was the King of Rwanda from 1801 to 1845. [1] He was the head of Bahindiro clan and father of Mutara II Rwogera.His reign is remembered in Rwandan history as the most peaceful.