They loved one another, spoke the same language and were never jealousy of each other. The central position of the king of buganda among the baganda can help to explain bugandas constant. The author focuses on the 150 years prior to british overrule 1900, when the kingdom reached its zenith, and was later beset by various european and islamic powers. The kingdom of buganda is one of three territories in uganda. The buganda kingdom was one of the so many states around lake vistoria and it was for the ganda community, its was founded by kintu. Originally a vassal state of bunyoro, buganda grew rapidly in power in the eighteenth and nineteenth century becoming the dominant kingdom in the region. He managed it through the clan heads that were scattered around the 18 kingdom counties. Its the most active and vigilant kingdom today led by a supreme king locally known as the kabaka. Mutesa i, in full mutesa walugembe mukaabya, born c.
Nprs tony cox talks with the former prime minister of buganda, daniel muliika about his nations history and its current relationship. The kasubi tombs have been designated by unesco as an international heritage site muzibuazaalampanga, an outside view of the tombs. Folktales from buganda uganda heritage tales and trails. The kingdom called buganda east africa travel guide. Kabaka ruler of buganda by cohen, after a dispute over the degree of cooperation a governor could expect from buganda under the terms of the 1900 agreement between britain and buganda, distracted attention from the inde pendence movement and focused it upon the rights of the buganda kingdom. The head of government is the katikkiro prime minister charles mayiga, who was appointed by the kabaka in 20.
Once upon a time, there were no people in buganda except one man called kintu. What are effects of the buganda agreement of 1900 answers. Jul 16, 2015 when the kingdom was formed and given the name buganda, the people in the kingdom also became to be called baganda for many and muganda for singular, their language luganda and their culture kiganda. Documents of the modern history of an african kingdom. The king held executive, judiciary and legislative powers. Introduction this article aims at providing a framework to understand the role of the buganda kingdom in contemporary ugandan politics, and more specifically how the buganda question has influenced political debates in uganda since its restoration in 19931. The buganda representative struck an alliance with upc the upc kabaka yekka ky, to form a coalition government with apollo milton obote as prime minister. In the 1890s, the kingdom suffered a series of religious wars among moslem, protestant and. Bunyorokitara kingdom, general informations page 3 of 50 1. Buganda kingdom is located in central uganda occupying the districts in central uganda including kampala, entebbe, wakiso, mukono, mityana, sembabule, rakai, masaka, luwero, kalangagala, mubende and mpigi. A history of ethnicity in the kingdom of buganda since 1884. This book offers an intellectual history of colonial buganda, using previously unseen archival material to recast the end of empire in east africa. Today naggalabi, buddo is of great cultural importance to the kingdom and after the death of a king, the new king is taken here for traditional rituals including enactment of the great war between kintu and bemba. Upc won 37 seats against 24 of dp excluding buganda.
After the kingdom was abolished in 1967, its clan structure alone survived, preserving only a minimal reproduction of its political system, as. By focusing on the shrine setting and the consequences of listening to stories about kintu in a place of healing, we can move beyond. Land tenure in buganda before the 1900 buganda agreement, all land in buganda was under the king. The kingdoms history of over 700 years, has had the kabaka, as the supreme ruler and the lukiiko as its parliament. Some counties perhaps by virtue of weakness militarily simply surrendered like kooki. If it is the present kingdom, it will lack the industrial complex at jinja in busoga, the cement of tororo in bukedi, the frobisher copper. The history of buganda is that of the buganda kingdom of the baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in presentday uganda. In 1901 the katikkiro or prime minister of buganda, apolo kagwa, published a vernacular history of his country entitled the book of the kings of buganda. Discuss the factors that led to the rise of buganda kingdom. The first king of buganda lived approximately in the end of the th century or the beginning of the 14th century.
One could possibly gather that the baganda came to occupy buganda from two main directions. It will be ideal for researchers, upperlevel undergraduate and graduate students interested in the cultural, intellectual, religious and political history of modern east africa. The current head of state is the kabaka, muwenda mutebi ii who has reigned since the restoration of the kingdom in 1993. Mar 04, 20 this is why sometimes people mistake the first king of buganda to be the first man on earth. It became the most powerful of the lake plateau states. Buganda kingdom was a kingdom located in present day uganda, founded between the thirteenth and sixteenth century. Earle offers the first global intellectual history of the kingdom, using a series of case studies, interviews and previously inaccessible private archives to offer new insights concerning the multiple narratives used by intellectuals. Buganda was one of several small principalities founded by bantuspeaking peoples in what is now uganda. However, with the weakening of the bachwezi dynasty of bunyoro under the hapless leadership of wamara, the last of the bachwezi kings, the rise of the greater babito dynasty became an inevitability in the region. The history of buganda is that of the buganda kingdom of the ganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in presentday uganda.
Buganda kingdom is the oldest kingdom in the country. The ganda traditions contributed to the growth of the kingdom. Even more important was that in the kingdom, political authority. The early history of uganda comprises the history of uganda before the territory that is today uganda was made into a british protectorate at the end of the 19th century. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Most of this work dealt with the events of his own lifetime, but it also included a circumstantial account of the twentynine reigns which, he alleged, had preceded that of king mutesa. Documents of the modern history of an african kingdom, ed. Jul 19, 2012 july 2012 buganda is a subnational kingdom within uganda. The kingdom of the ganda people, buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in. Crown, spears and drum, bunyorokitara kingdom page 3 of 30 remnants of the great kitara empire. Under kabaka mutesa18561884, arabs made trade contact with the kingdom trading guns for slaves and ivory. Buganda kingdom 1980s now images of the history of the greatest kindom in east and central africa. Under kabaka katerega16361663, the buganda kingdom began aggressive expansion. Music is further used to accompany oral history, story telling, speech making and various forms of poetic.
Nprs tony cox talks with the former prime minister of buganda, daniel muliika about his nations history. Mutesa i, who ruled buganda kingdom between 1856 and 1884, is particularly eulogised for inviting missionaries to come to his kingdom and introduce their advanced civilisation. By the 19th century buganda had become the largest and most powerful kingdom in the region. The buganda agreement of 1900, which gave buganda a large degree of internal autonomy within the britishruled uganda protectorate, was modified by this 1955 treaty. Burial place of 4 of buganda s kings at nabulagala, kyaddondo. The history of buganda is that of the buganda kingdom of the baganda people, the largest of. Kabaka mutesa i, the father of ugandas formal education. History of buganda download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Farming was done by women while men were involved in carpentry 4. Pdf multiple, overlapping, and competing forms of authority contributed to the highly centralized buganda kingdom. Colonial buganda and the end of empire cambridge core.
History the kingdom bunyoro kitara was a very extensive, prestigious and famous at the height of its power. The kinglists of buganda history in africa cambridge core. Ganda was known as a warlike people who conquered many of their neighbors. Kabaka yekkas appeal to ganda loyalty was instantly successful, but it was not until the kabakas ministers agreed to accept membership of independent uganda, and to support kabaka yekka in buganda, that kabaka yekka could win popular support and deal effectively with the democratic party. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Buganda kingdom a friend of buganda kingdom in indonesia. The kingdom of buganda is the largest of the four kingdoms in the western region of uganda. A history of buganda from the foundation of the kingdom to. The reward from britain to buganda of banyoro land doubled buganda counties from ten to twenty. Government of britain, the protector of this nation buganda, in the mind of buganda. Buganda kingdom and its history a friend of buganda kingdom. Buganda kingdom is one of the most organized kingdoms in uganda and it was formed in the nineteenth centaury by some energetic and determined cultural leaders such as the late kabaka king suna, who was fundamental in the establishment of the kingdom. As noted already buganda expanded by getting a reward of bunyoro territory from britain that had defeated and colonized bunyoro. At the other end are the people of buganda, whose hunger for a degree of autonomy for the ancient kingdom remains undiminished.
The kingdom of the ganda people, buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in presentday uganda, comprising all of ugandas. The buganda rulers befriended the british whom they used to subdue their traditional enemies e. At the time of white contact, the ganda kingdom was at the height of its power 5. Buganda kingdom and its history a friend of buganda.
By the end of the eighteenth century, the empire had surpass the bunyorokitara empire as the most important empire in the region. While an abundance of colonial files do remain detailing many aspects of late nineteenth and twentiethcentury ganda history, the. Socially, people were organised in strong clans with the royal clan of the kings, princes and princesses. Documents of the modern history of an african kingdom 1971. A critical analysis of the legal construction of the presidency in post1995 uganda pdf.
History around the thirteenth century, nilotic speaking pastoralist and bantu speakng farmers began to arrive in northern lake victoria. The buganda agreement, 1900 see native agreement and buganda native laws, laws of the uganda protectorate, revised edition 1935 vol. Buganda kingdom buganda kingdom was a kingdom located in present day uganda, founded between the thirteenth and sixteenth century. He had one cow, which was his great friend and the only source of his food.
Around the thirteenth century, nilotic speaking pastoralist and bantu speakng farmers began to arrive in northern lake victoria. Colonial buganda was one of the most important and richly documented kingdoms in east africa. It was founded in the late 14th century, when the kabaka, or ruler, of the ganda people came to exercise strong centralized control over his domains, called buganda. Sir apollo kaggwas version says that the first muganda was kintu and that kintu came from heaven and landed at podi, kintu is said to have moved on to kibiro and with his companions finally reached kyadondo and founded the kingdom of buganda. Kiwanuka has written a political history of the buganda kingdom, beginning with a critical assessment of historical sources and theories. Mar 11, 2008 the kingdom of buganda is one of three territories in uganda. Buganda region had opted for indirect election hence its lukiko nominated 21 representatives to the national assembly. If you are interested in how and when buganda was founded, how her monarchy was established, who has reigned as monarch, her territorial expansion, governance system, the colonial impact on buganda, or the fateful constitutional crisis of 1966 and political developments since then. This marked the beginning of the battle of mengo, which left an indelible scar on both the history of the kingdom of buganda and the state of uganda. Tombs of buganda kings at kasubi unesco world heritage centre. Bornagain buganda or the limits of traditional resurgence in. A profile of buganda 85 this is difficult to assess, since it is not clear from official statements whether this independent buganda is the present kingdom or the greater buganda demanded in 198. Prior to this, the region was divided between several closely related kingdoms.
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