Book
The empire of Bunyoro-Kitara: myth or reality?
Longmans of Uganda • [Kampala] • Published In 1968 • Pages: 30
By: Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula.
Abstract
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 interlacustrine kingdoms for nearly a hundred years. It is essentially a racist doctrine that did not accept an indigenous origin of complex political organization in East Africa, but rather saw it as imposed from outside by a warrior caste. A rival but no less pernicious hypothesis is the Nilotic (Lwoo) theory which attributed civilizing impetus to the tribal warriors of the Sudan. Kiwanuka discredits both theories and any evidence for an extensive Bunyoro-Kitara empire.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1450-1700
- Coverage Place
- Uganda
- Notes
- [By] M. S. M. Kiwanuka
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 76252447
- LCSH
- Nyoro (African people)