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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Buganda canonical 5
Buganda Kingdom 4
Buganda Kingdom Parliament (Lukiiko) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu state ⓘ
kingdom ⓘ
subnational monarchy ⓘ
traditional monarchy ⓘ
abolished 1967 ⓘ
abolishedBy Government of Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Government of Uganda under Milton Obote
associatedWith Kampala ⓘ
surface form: Kampala metropolitan area
borderedBy Kingdom of Bunyoro ⓘ
Kingdom of Busoga ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
capital Kampala ⓘ
Mengo ⓘ
colonialPowerEncountered United Kingdom ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Baganda people
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasConstituent clan system ⓘ
hasInstitution Kingdom of Buganda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
monarchSince 1993 ⓘ
partOf Uganda ⓘ
surface form: 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, Uganda ⓘ
surface form: Central Region of Uganda
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Ganda religion ⓘ
restored 1993 ⓘ
traditionalCouncil Lukiiko ⓘ
treaty Buganda Agreement of 1900 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scramble for Africa → involves → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
Kingdom of Buganda → hasInstitution → Kingdom of Buganda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buganda Kingdom Parliament (Lukiiko)
Buganda → coatOfArms → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coat of arms of Buganda
Mengo Hill → associatedWith → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buganda Kingdom
Mengo Hill → hasCapitalFunctionFor → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buganda Kingdom
Kabaka Yekka → represents → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buganda Kingdom
Baganda → traditionalKingdom → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buganda Kingdom
Baganda → historicalPoliticalEntity → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
Oluganda → associatedWithKingdom → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
Frederick Mutesa II → birthPlace → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mengo, Buganda, Uganda Protectorate
Frederick Mutesa II → monarchOf → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ
Frederick Mutesa II → headOfGovernment → Kingdom of Buganda ⓘ