Buganda

Uganda, 1420–1966. Draft, not yet reviewed

Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda, the kingdom of the Baganda people, and the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa. Buganda's history includes unification around the 13th century by the first king, Kato Kintu, the founder of Buganda's Kintu dynasty. Buganda grew to become one of the largest and most powerful states in East Africa during the 18th and the 19th centuries. Following years of political turmoil, the kingdom, which largely occupies a ceremonial role, was officially restored in 1993 by Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement under Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda since 1986.

Seat of power: Kampala

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• Buganda was by far the most powerful kingdom/empire in the Great Lakes region of Africa with the most advanced and sophisticated state institutions.
• Prior to the Buganda Agreement of 1900, Buganda was an almost absolute monarchy.
• Under the Reign of Kabaka Suna II, Buganda's borders were strengthened through the perfection of an army organization that was able to field 50,000 warriors.
• In 1967, Uganda's first Prime Minister Milton Obote declared Uganda a republic, abolished all monarchs, parliament became the constituent assembly and later all political parties were outlawed except the Uganda People's Congress.

Picture

The Kasubi Tombs in Kampala is the site of the burial grounds for four kabakas (kings of Buganda) and other members of the Baganda royal family.

Image: not not phil from SF, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0, file

Sources

• Buganda (Wikipedia)
• Buganda (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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