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A history of Buganda from the foundation of the kingdom to 1900Book 1972 • Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
Kiwanuka has written a political history of the Buganda kingdom, beginning with a critical assessment of historical sources and theories. The author focuses on the 150 years prior to British overrule (1900), when the kingdom reached its zenith, and w...The empire of Bunyoro-KitaraBook 1968 • Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
In this paper, Kiwanuka examines whether or not there ever was an interlacustrine empire established by Hamitic warriors from the north. This Hamitic hypothesis first postulated by the explorer Speke was the accepted wisdom on the origins of the inte...Bunyoro and the Britisharticle 1968 • Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
In this article, Kiwanuka examines the reasons for Bunyoro's decline and fall. He considers federal structure, tribal wars, succession wars, economic life, introduction of firearms, leadership, and colonialism. Bunyoro was in a slow decline for much ...The kings of BugandaBook 1971 • Kagwa, Apolo & Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
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...