Ganda people

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The Ganda people, also known as the Baganda, are the largest ethnic group in Uganda, centered in the Buganda kingdom and influential in the country’s cultural and political history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
alternativeName Baganda NERFINISHED
associatedCity Kampala NERFINISHED
associatedLake Lake Victoria NERFINISHED
capitalRegion Kampala NERFINISHED
clanSystem patrilineal clans
colonialHistory Buganda became a British protectorate in the late 19th century NERFINISHED
country Uganda
culturalRegion Great Lakes region of Africa NERFINISHED
demonym Muganda NERFINISHED
ethnonymInLuganda Baganda NERFINISHED
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Luganda NERFINISHED
languageFamily Bantu languages
majorReligion Christianity
Islam
marriageCustom bridewealth payments
nativeTo Buganda NERFINISHED
notableClan Ffumbe clan NERFINISHED
Lugave clan NERFINISHED
Ngabi clan NERFINISHED
notableHeritageSite Kasubi Tombs GENERATED
numberOfClans over 50 clans
pluralForm Baganda NERFINISHED
politicalInfluence major influence in pre-independence Ugandan politics
significant role in post-independence Ugandan politics
populationStatus largest ethnic group in Uganda
region Central Region of Uganda NERFINISHED
singularEthnonymInLuganda Muganda NERFINISHED
stapleFood matooke
traditionalArchitecture grass-thatched domed houses
traditionalCraft barkcloth making
traditionalDance baakisiimba
muwogola
nnankasa NERFINISHED
traditionalEconomy banana cultivation
traditionalInstrument amadinda xylophone
endongo lyre
engalabi drum NERFINISHED
traditionalKingdom Buganda Kingdom NERFINISHED
traditionalLaw customary clan-based law
traditionalMusic drumming
traditionalParliament Lukiiko NERFINISHED
traditionalPrimeMinisterTitle Katikkiro NERFINISHED
traditionalReligion Balubaale worship
ancestor veneration
traditionalRulerTitle Kabaka NERFINISHED
UNESCOStatus Kasubi Tombs World Heritage Site NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Yusuf Lule ethnicGroup Ganda people