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Other Buganda folktales include the story of Walukaga the blacksmith, Mpobe the hunter, and Kasanke the little red bird. [10] [11] Folktales in Buganda are also about hares, leopards, rabbits and other animals that live in the wild and one of the famous folk stories is about wango and wakayima. Wango is a leopard while wakayima is a rabbit.
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Lukwata (Luganda for 'sea serpent', [2] the nominal form of kukwata, lit. 'to seize') is a legendary water-dwelling creature in Baganda folklore, said to be found in Lake Victoria of Uganda. [3] It has been described as 20–30 feet long, with dark smooth skin and a rounded head, and known to attack fishermen and boats. [4]
Nambi is seen in The Quest for Kintu and the Search for Peace: Mythology and Morality in Nineteenth-Century Buganda, [2] alongside her husband Kintu. It is said in this journal that in Nineteenth-century Buganda, political leaders tried to unite back the kingdom by re-telling the creation myth and reminding those living in Buganda of where their constitutional and social roots come from.
This is a list of notable books written by writers hailing from or living in Uganda . Abyssinian Chronicles (1998) by Moses Isegawa. [1] The African Saga (1998) by Susan Nalugwa Kiguli. [9] Building the nation and other poems (2000) by Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow. [3] Fate of the Banished (1997) by Julius Ocwinyo. [4]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... English, Luganda, Swahili, Dutch ... Nambi is a 2023 adaptation of a Ugandan folk tale called Kintu written and directed by ...
Balochi folk tales often characterized by oral storytelling and ballads that convey historical narratives and cultural values. Notable works from this period include tales of tribal warfare and romantic epics such as " Hani and Sheh Mureed , Shahdad and Mahnaz, Hammal and Mahganj, Lallah and Granaz, Dostin and Shirin, Bebarg and Granaz, Mast ...
Tropical Fish is a short story collection, published in 2005, by Ugandan author Doreen Baingana. [1] [2] It revolves around the lives of a family based in Entebbe, Uganda.It follows Christine, Patti and Rosa the daughters of a relatively well off family whose father, a senior government official, becomes an alcoholic and loses everything starting with his job.