There different kingdoms to encounter during your travel to Uganda in an amazing way to learn from different culture apart from your home culture. Dina Tours and Travel brings more of the details to encounter and change a life.
In Uganda we have a number of Kingdoms with different cultures or characteristics .there different kingdoms including
The constituent of kingdoms of Uganda, Uganda as a landlocked country, and experienced colonialism in the late 19th after the European interest had taken control in most regions of Africa. In the 19th century it became a protectorate under the British, and unlike many other colonies, the kingdoms and nations within protectorate retained with a wide degree of self-determination. The Bantu kings ruled in the south and continued to rule despite the British interests controlling many economic and inter-kingdoms affairs.
Perhaps ironically, the Bantu Kingdoms survived the British did not survive during their departure. Until when Uganda became independent in 1962 and abolished the common wealth monarcy, and in 1967 Uganda abolished the remaining monarchies. In 1993, the president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni permitted the Bantu kingdoms to reunite with culture institutions, although politics is in everything-the kingdoms were but the kings had no powers in tax, receive little founding from government ,they were required to survive on their own businesses.
Encounter with the Kingdoms of Buganda of Uganda for your Travel to visit all the tribes of Buganda, Banyoro, Batoro, Bakonjo, Basoga and many more.
BUNYORO
The kingdom of Bunyoro also known as the Bunyoro-kitara was abolished during the period the Kitara Empire broke apart in the 16th century. Bunyoro is one of the most powerful kingdoms of East Africa until the 19th century, when the territory of Bunyoro and wealth were slowly taken away by Buganda.
The entire region of the north of Lake Victoria was given to the Great Britain in July 1890, and the whole region was declared protectorate, where by the Bunyoro was resisted. During that period the king was captured and exiled, yet more territory of Bunyoro was granted to Buganda and Toro, although the administration was put under Buganda.
Buganda
The kingdom of Buganda is the largest in all the traditional kingdoms; it’s the largest in the Uganda ethnic group consisting of 17 percent of population. The name Buganda was adopted by British officials in 1894 when the Uganda protectorate, was established in Kampala where the Buganda kingdom is located.
ANKOLE
The Ankole name is referred to as Nkore, it was ruled by a monarch called Mugabe or Omugabe of Ankole.The Ankole was incorporated in 1901, the kingdom remained independent and Omugabe kept his crown, the kingdom of Ankole was abolished in 1967anddit restored in 1993.Although the king is still not officially restored because their many disagreements between the ruling clans existing.
Toro
Toro was Kingdom was founded in 1830 when the prince of Bunyoro rebelled and established his own kingdom.
The kingdom was later on incorporated in 1876,although later on it reasserted its independence in 1891.Like other kingdoms such as Ankole, Busogo, Bunyoro, Buganda and Toro monarchy was abolished in 1967 by the government of Uganda.
In 1993, it borders receded from its historical boundaries of Uganda. This was done to avoid conflicts that would occur in the regions of these kingdoms.
BUSOGA
Busoga is technically one of the restored kingdoms, its informal monarchy. It’s closely established as a culture institute that promotes unity among the area, its run by a Royal council, with 11 members, five are princes. This is part of the kingdoms governance, the position of a king treated during the period of protectorate.
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