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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.
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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 ...
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.
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
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 ...
Diadem of Kigeli IV Rwabugiri. Kigeli IV Rwabugiri (1840? - September 1895) [4] was the king of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya kings in a ruling dynasty that had traced its lineage back to Gihanga, who is one of the first 'historical' kings of Rwanda whose exploits are celebrated in oral chronicles. [5]
Kigeli I Mukobanya was, according to tradition, Mwami of the Kingdom of Rwanda. [1] Different dates of his reign are given in various sources, such as c. 1460 CE, [1] 1520-1543 GB, [2] or 1378 C.E to 1418 C.E. His reign was characterized by the infiltration and surprise attack near his Kigali hill palace by the army of King Cwamali of