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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 14 million Baganda (singular Muganda ; often referred to simply by the root word and adjective, Ganda) make up the largest Ugandan region ...
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]
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 ...
The history of Buganda is that of the Buganda kingdom of the Baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
Located in Kazo, Mpererwe – tombs and mounds Wakiso: UG-C-171 Bagala yazze Tombs At Mpererwe are tombs of Namasole Bagalayazze mother to Kabaka Mwanga II Wakiso: UG-C-172 Kyabagu Tombs Kyebando Tombs of the 25th king of Buganda ,Kyabagu ruled, 1750–1780 Wakiso: UG-C-173 Kiwewea Tombs At Masanafu Kiwewa
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]
Mpindi is one of the 56 clans of the Buganda Kingdom, one of the largest nations of Uganda. The Mpindi chief is Mazige, whose headquarters are located in Muyenje in Busiro County in Uganda. [ 1 ] The Mpindi clan has the mpindi, a Luganda word for cowpea ( Vigna unguiculalta ), as its totem.