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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - Buganda
Buganda's boundaries are marked by Lake Victoria on the south, the Victoria Nile River on the east, and Lake Kyoga on the north.
Buganda is bounded by Lake Victoria to the south, the Victoria Nile to the east, and Lake Kyoga to the north.
The monarchy was finally restored in 1993, with the son of Mutesa II, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II as its Kabaka.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Buganda   (3550 words)

  
 1886, June 3. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Mwanga attempted to decapitate both Muslim and Christian factions at the Bugandan court.
Rebellion in Uganda was provoked by Kabaka Mwanga.
Outbreak of the mutiny of the Sudanese troops in Uganda.
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 Uganda - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
Buganda, probably formed by a defeated claimant to the Bunyoro throne, steadily expanded over the next four centuries, largely at the expense of Bunyoro.
However, Mwanga reversed his decision in 1886 and ordered 22 pages who would not renounce their faith to be burnt to death.
The unsettled situation in Buganda was further complicated by competition between Britain and Germany during the Scramble for Africa, in which European nations rushed to claim African territory near the end of the 19th century.
encarta.msn.com /text_761566572___45/Uganda.html   (3673 words)

  
 Fragrant WebSite Buganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Buganda is the kingdom of the 52 clans of the Baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-daу Uganda.
Buganda's boundaries are marked bу Lake Victoria on the south, the Victoria Nile River on the east, and Lake Kуoga on the north.
The monarchу was finallу restored in 1993, with the son of Mutesa II, Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda as its Kabaka.
channele.info /en/Buganda   (3436 words)

  
 Uganda HISTORY
The missionaries were welcomed by the kabaka (ruler) of Buganda, Mutesa I, who hoped to gain their support or the support of their countrymen against the Egyptian threat from the north.
His son, Mwanga, who succeeded Mutesa on the latter's death in 1884, was even more hostile, fearing the influence exerted over his subjects by both the missionaries and the Arab traders.
Kabaka Mutesa II was deposed in 1953 when he refused to force his chiefs to cooperate with the British.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Uganda-HISTORY.html   (2269 words)

  
 Christianity in 19th Century Uganda
Late in 1885 Mwanga had a visiting bishop assassinated at the border of his lands, perceiving the bishop to be a threat to his rule.
For nearly a year, as Mwanga blew his mind on hemp and fermented banana juice and continued to bugger his unconverted pages, more than two hundred Catholics and Protestants had their limbs severed and were then broiled alive.
Mwanga spent the next ten years struggling to regain his throne, sometimes in alliance with the Christians against the Muslims, sometimes in allinace with the Catholics (called Bafranza, since the White Fathers were predominantly French) against the Protestants (called Bangereza or English).
www.bethel.edu /~letnie/AfricanChristianity/SSAUganda.html   (1354 words)

  
 EnterUganda
It was replaced by Kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole, Toro and Busoga, and the chieftains of Beni-Butembo and Husi (in Congo); and Karagwe and Buhaya (in Tanzania).
Since Mwanga had been kept in exile by the Wafaransa (as Catholic converts were known, since they had come from France), they took a leading role in the aftermath of the war and the Wangereza (English or Protestant converts) saw themselves as less privileged.
With Mwanga and Kabalega off the political scene and Mwanga having been succeeded by his infant son in 1900, the Buganda agreement was signed between Sir Harry Johnston and the Buganda regents with negotiations being undertaken by the missionaries.
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 Uganda Martyrs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Buganda's kings regarded Busoga as a backdoor to Buganda and thought that any one coming through the backdoor must have evil intentions towards the kingdom.
Mwanga precipitated a showdown in May by ordering the converts to choose between their new faith, and complete obedience to his orders.
Buganda also was experiencing internal strife, the Moslems were plotting to overthrow him and replace him with a Moslem prince.
www.buganda.com /martyrs.htm   (1417 words)

  
 Uganda. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Buganda was centrally organized under the kabaka (king), who appointed regional administrators and maintained a large bureaucracy and a powerful army.
In 1888, Mwanga was deposed by the Christians and Muslims and replaced by his brothers.
In 1953, Mutesa II was deported for not cooperating with the British; he was allowed to return in 1955, but the rift between Buganda and the rest of Uganda remained.
www.bartleby.com /65/ug/Uganda.html   (2714 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Was Colonialism Good for Uganda?
The Buganda and the Bunyoro had long been rivals for supremacy, but found themselves as partners in the effort to resist colonialism.The final blow to the Egyptian scheme was eventually to be delivered by the Mahdist revolt in the Sudan (included in the Egyptian empire since the 1820s), which effectively blocked Egyptian advances into Uganda.
Mwanga was increasingly disturbed by the religious activities in Buganda and planned to chase away from his kingdom all foreign religious groups.
The main cause of dissension with the Buganda was over land, with the landlords who had benefited from the 1900 Agreement exacting heavy rents, but these concerns were in the main met with the passage of legislation in 1927 to control the rents on such ‘mailo’ land.
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2824.php   (3955 words)

  
 History
Acrimonious religious wars among Islamic, Catholic and Anglican followed in Buganda with the British finally declaring Uganda a protectorate after agreements were signed with Buganda Kingdom in 1900 and later on with the kingdoms of Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole and the chiefdoms of Busoga and other areas.
Buganda had after all in 1900 signed an agreement to remain under the rule of Her Majesty the Queen.
Because of the demands, King Frederick Muteesa II's recognition by the British Empire as a monarchy of Buganda under the 1900 was revoked when he refused to back down.
www.ugandatourism.org /History.php   (1405 words)

  
 The Ultimate Buganda Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Buganda is the kingdom of the 52 clans of the Baganda people, the largest of the four traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
Buganda was given a great deal of control over the other kingdoms in the protectorate: Toro, Nkore, Busoga and Bunyoro.
However, the monarchy and much of Buganda's autonomy was revoked, along with that of the other 4 Ugandan kingdoms, in 1967, after Prime Minister Dr. Apollo Milton Obote abrogated the 1966 constitution and turned the state into a Republic.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Baganda   (643 words)

  
 A Monarchy of “Seven Lives”
A Sign of a Nation Reborn at the Heart of Africa?
The Buganda Kingdom, believed to be several centuries old, stretches from the upper shores of Lake Victoria to the central districts of Uganda, setting its residence on a landscape adorned by the natural beauty of lush, green, wild vegetation and gentle rolling hills.
King Ronald Mwenda Mutebi II was crowned in 1993 at Naggalabi, the place of the house of kings, Buganda.
Buganda is reputed to be the most populous monarchy in Uganda, 17% of the national population are Baganda.
www.ugpulse.com /articles/daily/homepage.asp?ID=40   (1155 words)

  
 Tombs of the Buganda Kings at Kasubi
Buganda is a kingdom within the south-central region of Uganda, a country in east-central Africa.
Originally built in 1882 as the palace of the Kabakas (kings) of Buganda, it was converted to house their royal tombs in 1884.
Upon his death, he was entombed in the building, where he has since been joined by three of his successors: Mwanga II, who ruled from 1884 to 1897; Ccwa II, 1897 to 1939; and Muteesa II, 1939 to 1966.
www.theculturedtraveler.com /Heritage/Archives/Buganda_Tombs.htm   (652 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mwanga, who was only 18 years old, distrusted the missionaries and all their followers.
Lugard was largely responsible for settling the religious wars between the now Muslim Mwanga and Christian Kabalega and safekeeping the territory until the British moved in and the IBEA Co. was dismantled.
He did this at the expense of the Buganda Kingdom, expelling the Kabaka and abolishing the kingdom in the bloody massacre at the battle of Mengo in 1966.
www.cwm-uganda.org /uganda/history.htm   (3874 words)

  
 THE BUGANDA AGREEMENT, 1955   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
But Her Majesty’s Government can and does say that, unless there is a substantial change in public opinion in the Protectorate, including that of the Baganda, the inclusion of the Protectorate in an East African federation will remain outside the realm of practical politics even in the more distant future”.
of Buganda, that is to say, the descendants of Kabaka Mutesa I, and the name of the prince chosen by the Lukiko must be submitted to Her Majesty’s Government for approval, and no prince shall be recognised as Kabaka of Buganda whose election has not received the approval of Her Majesty’s Government.
Government as Kabaka of Buganda he shall enter into a Solemn Undertaking in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution set out the First Schedule to this Agreement; and so long as he observes the terms of the said Solemn Undertaking, Her Majesty’s Government agrees to recognise him as Ruler of Buganda.
www.kituochakatiba.co.ug /buganda_agreement_1955.htm   (998 words)

  
 The EastAfrican on the Web
It is said that Kabaka Mwanga II, the 1880s king of Buganda remembered for the execution of the first Christians in Buganda, commonly referred to as the Uganda martyrs, was fond of water sports, especially swimming, canoeing and fishing.
On his return from Munyonnyo in 1887 after a one-and-a-half year vacation, Kabaka Mwanga II issued a decree that a lake be dug from Mengo palace to Munyonnyo to provide a direct and convenient means of access from the official palace to Lake Victoria.
The appointment of such a junior royal officer to take charge of such a complex project was both a sign of lack of serious thought on the part of the Kabaka as well as a lack of interest and support from the royal family and chiefs for the project.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/20052002/Features/Magazine4.html   (1037 words)

  
 Amasaza Ga Buganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
At its founding, the Kingdom of Buganda had only a small territory consisting of the counties of Busiro, Busujju, Kyaddondo and Mawokota; as well as small portions of Ssingo and Bulemeezi counties.
Gradually, Buganda was able to expand its territory at the expense of Bunyoro until it grew to the twenty counties that constituted Buganda at its pinnacle.
This was a reward to the rulers of Buganda who had collaborated with the British in their fight against king Kabarega of Bunyoro.
www.buganda.com /masaza.htm   (251 words)

  
 The Confessing Reader » Blog Archive » Precolonial homosexuality in Buganda: coopting the martyrdom ...
Precolonial homosexuality in Buganda: coopting the martyrdom narrative
This may have been a major contribution to martyrdom in Buganda, that is, martyrdom in Uganda began with the murder of Bishop Hannington, CMS first appointed missionary bishop for Equatorial Africa, on his way to Uganda to take up his posting.
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 NC Catholic Online - Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
But Mutesa was succeeded by his son Mwanga, who was not as wise and disciplined as his father.
Mwanga abandoned the traditional morality of his people and assumed the sexual ethics of the invaders.
This enraged King Mwanga, who ordered Charles and 21 other youths aged 13 to 30 to be tortured and killed.
www.nccatholic.org /july-aug05/hadden.html   (398 words)

  
 Uggen2
The shrines of Kabaka Suna II were built at Mpigi in 1856.
Kiwewa's period of 1888 is refered to as the year of the three Kings, namely Mwanga, Kiwewa, and Kalema,and was a period of religious strife.
This fort was established in 1894 by the British to subjugate Omukama Cwa II Kabalega, and is 2km north-west of Hoima.
www.ugandaforum.com /Africa/Uggen2.html   (643 words)

  
 Mission Office | Archdiocese of Los Angeles
When his son, King Mwanga, took the throne at 18, these same teachings led to the persecution and martyrdom of Christians.
King Mwanga may have believed that by killing Joseph he would convince other converts to give up their new faith.
On October 18, 1964 Pope Paul VI canonized the 22 Catholic martyrs during the Vatican II conference.
www.missionsla.org /subpages/learn/archivesaint/marchsaint.html   (745 words)

  
 Buganda Kingdom; 36 Kabakas, thousands of wives
There have been five instances when in the history of Buganda, when the king had to get out of his way to woo a girl.
The king would just send out a plundering squad to loot the estates of the particular chief, including his wives, the most beautiful of whom would then be taken by the king.
According to Sir Apollo Kaggwa, the famous Buganda Prime Minister and author of Kings of Buganda, a chronicle of Buganda kings, and Empisa za Baganda, the Kabaka's wives were divided into categories.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/36/494.html   (478 words)

  
 Martyrs of Uganda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Mwanga first forbade anyone to go near a Christian mission on pain of death, but finding himself unable to cool the ardor of the converts, resolved to wipe out Christianity.
Mwanga had always liked Joseph but when Joseph dared to demand that Mwanga change his lifestyle, Mwanga forgot their long friendship.
The next morning Mwanga brought his whole court before him and separated the Christians from the rest by saying, "Those who do not pray stand by me, those who do pray stand over there." He demanded of the fifteen boys and young men (all under 25) if they were Christians and intended to remain Christians.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/religion/1415787/posts   (3363 words)

  
 Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: History: The partition of East Africa
After a quick and bloody journey, he gained favours from Mwanga II in Buganda and obtained a protection agreement with the king of Wanga in East Kenya.
Back in Buganda with the Sudanese troop in 1893, he found that the growing rivalries between the fransa, Catholics converted by the French, and the ingleza, Anglicans evangelized by the English, had exploded in a civil war.
The colonel kept Mwanga on the royal throne and unified all Buganda's kingdoms, save Bunyoro, under British control of the local administrations.
www.kenyalogy.com /eng/info/histo9.html   (1569 words)

  
 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA
While a law student in London, as an activist he tirelessly fought for the return to Buganda of Ssekabaka Edward Muteesa II from the British exile.
While at the court of King Muteesa I of Buganda, this Anglo-American explorer admired the people of Buganda so much that he desired they were Christians.
This became the order of the day during the reigns of King Muteesa I, King Mwanga II including a not so subtle of its manifestation even in these times we happen to be living in.
www2.bc.edu /~lugira/churchdev.htm   (1143 words)

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