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The Mind of Buganda: Documents of the Modern History of an African Kingdom (1971), primary sources; Reid, Richard. Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda: Economy, Society and Warfare in the 19th Century (2002) Rowe, John A. "Eyewitness Accounts of Buganda History: The Memoirs of Ham Mukasa and His Generation." Ethnohistory 36 (1989): 61–71.
Ganda oral history reveals that Buganda was distinct and of at least equal antiquity to that of its historical rival, Kitara. [9] It is indeed very likely that the Buganda state is much more ancient than has previously been thought. Buganda began as a small kingdom in the north of Lake Victoria in what is now Busiro County. [10]
Nte Clan is among the many clans in the present day Buganda Kingdom. Nte is a Luganda word meaning Cow. The Head of the Nte Clan is called Katongole. Katongole came from Bunyoro Kingdom. The clan seat of the Nte Clan is located at Mulema. [1]
The Baganda [3] (endonym: Baganda; singular Muganda) also called Waganda, are a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda.Traditionally composed of 52 clans (although since a 1993 survey, only 46 are officially recognised), the Baganda are the largest people of the Bantu ethnic group in Uganda, comprising 16.5 percent of the population at the time of the 2014 ...
Kato Kintu Kakulukuku [1] (fl. Late 13th century), [2] known in Bunyoro as Kato Kimera was the first kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for Kintu, the name of the first person on earth in Buganda mythology.
According to Buganda History, a great warrior Bulamaga Wasswa fought and defeated the Bunyoro Chief in Ggomba. This was during the reign of King Kateregga. After King Kateregga chasing away the Banyoro from Ggomba, from that time on, the Ntalaganya people settle extensively in Ggomba.
Everyone belonging to the Buganda Kingdom belong to a clan, each having a totem whereas others have minor totems which they are not allowed to eat and these totems are guarded jealously. The King of Buganda is also known as "Mpologoma ya Buganda " which means the "lion of Buganda".
Kintu is a mythological figure who appears in a creation myth of the people of Buganda, Uganda. According to this legend, Kintu was the first person on earth. And the first Muganda. Kintu, meaning "thing" in Bantu languages, is also commonly attached to the name Muntu, the legendary figure who founded the Gisu and Bukusu tribes.