Kingdom of Buganda

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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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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
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