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Buganda, kingdom, E Africa: see Uganda Uganda (y  gän`də,..... Click the link for more information. . BugandaPrecolonial kingdom, East Africa. Located along the northern shore of Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda, the kingdom was founded in the late 14th century by the Ganda people. Ruled by the kabaka, or king, by the 19th century Buganda was the most powerful kingdom in the area. In 1900 it became a British protectorate. The Ganda subsequently played a major role in assisting British administration in East Africa. When Uganda became independent in 1962, Buganda was accorded special federal status within the new country. Ensuing tensions with the central government led in 1967 to the kingdom's abolition and the area's integration into Uganda. Buganda was restored in 1993. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1) Mulumba's response to a dinner invitation with a critique of the colonial order--as a closely interlocked system of cooperation among officials and missions, the Kingdom of Buganda and protectorate officials--was rude, deliberately rude, an attack on the forms of manners and politeness that had shaped both British and Ganda deployments of power and influence in Buganda since at least the beginning of the Uganda Protectorate in 1900. When young Mwanga succeeded Mutesa I on the throne of Buganda in 1884, both Protestants and Catholics were preaching at the Kabaka's court. The diocese of Rupert's Land recently hosted a delegation of 11 people from the diocese of Central Buganda in Uganda, including Bishop Jackson Matovu. |
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