Book
The kings of Buganda
East African Pub. House • Nairobi • Published In 1971 • Pages: xlviii, 256
By: Kagwa, Apolo, Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive history of Buganda kingship (1300s-1884) by a former prime minister, Apolo Kaggwa (in office: 1889-1926). It is based on oral histories, which the author compiled from nearly 300 informants (72 principal informants), including royal wives and descendants, clan heads and leading ritual officers. Another source of information were royal tombs, and historical relics, such as royal jawbones and umbilical cords, drums, weapons and fetishes. Each chapter is devoted to a king and documents the succession process, wives, descendents, clan relationships, wars, capitals and political intrigues. The history of the Buganda kingdom has been one of gradual expansion and centralization. The appendices include the dynastic genealogy, list of royal wives, and names and locations of royal shrines and capitals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Settlement patterns
- Territorial hierarchy
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Political intrigue
- Revolution
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ganda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963, 1965-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-1884
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Sir Apolo Kaggwa; translated and edited by M. S. M. Kiwanuka
- Translation of: Basekabaka be Buganda
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73153853
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)