Kingdom of Buganda

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Bantu state kingdom subnational monarchy traditional monarchy

The Kingdom of Buganda is a powerful and historically influential Bantu monarchy in present-day Uganda that played a central role in the region’s precolonial politics and its encounters with European colonial powers.

Aliases (1)

Buganda Kingdom Parliament (Lukiiko) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu state → kingdom → subnational monarchy → traditional monarchy →
abolished	1967 →
abolishedBy	Government of Uganda under Milton Obote →
associatedWith	Kampala metropolitan area →
borderedBy	Kingdom of Bunyoro → Kingdom of Busoga → Lake Victoria →
capital	Kampala → Mengo →
colonialPowerEncountered	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
colonialStatus	British protectorate within the Uganda Protectorate →
country	Uganda →
culturalHeritage	Ganda clan totems → Ganda customs and traditions →
currentMonarch	Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II →
ethnicGroup	Baganda →
ethnicMajority	Baganda people →
governmentType	hereditary monarchy →
hasConstituent	clan system →
hasInstitution	Buganda Kingdom Parliament (Lukiiko) → Buganda Land Board → Buganda Royal Palace at Mengo →
hasSymbol	Buganda royal drum (Mujaguzo) →
headOfStateTitle	Kabaka →
historicalPeriod	colonial era → postcolonial era → precolonial era →
influenced	political organization in central Uganda → spread of Luganda language in Uganda →
language	Luganda →
locatedIn	East Africa → Great Lakes region of Africa →
monarchSince	1993 →
partOf	Republic of Uganda →
playedRoleIn	encounters with European colonial powers → precolonial politics of the Great Lakes region →
populationGroup	one of the largest ethnic groups in Uganda (Baganda) →
precolonialPower	major regional power in the Great Lakes region →
region	Central Region of Uganda →
religion	Christianity → Islam → traditional Ganda religion →
restored	1993 →
traditionalCouncil	Lukiiko →
treaty	Buganda Agreement of 1900 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kingdom of Buganda ("Buganda Kingdom Parliament (Lukiiko)") →	hasInstitution
Scramble for Africa →	involves