An african kingdom is about the nyoro of western uganda. Due to frequent succession disputes, it became weak and it fell prey to the expanding kingdoms of buganda and nkore. It is one of the independent kingdoms which were created after the fall of the bunyorokitara empire of the chwezi. Bunyoro kitara one of the greatest kingdoms in east africa 200 years ago. The kingdom continued to expand under its priestkings until about 1800, when it started to. Crown, spears and drum, bunyorokitara kingdom page 3 of 30 remnants of the great kitara empire.
Omukama of bunyoro is the title given to rulers of the central african kingdom of bunyorokitara. It was successor to the mythic and mysterious kitara empire. Media in category bunyoro the following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. His majesty rukirabasaija agutamba solomon gafabusa iguru i. His reason, henry ford miirima is a brave defender of bunyorokitara kingdom. As bunyoro kingdom passed through all aspect of life that to say economically, socially, politically, as well culturally below are more elaboration socially the bunyoro kitara kingdom people were organized in strong clans with the royal clans of king, princess and princesses.
Hm the omukama king of bunyorokitara kingdom and the bunyorokitara kingdom were restored by the amendment no. The bunyorokitara grew into an empire in part because of its control of a rich source of salt, a valuable trade item in africalake albert. The kingdom of bunyorokitara is the remainder of a once powerful empire of kitara. Major settlement sites affiliated with bunyoro are ntusi and bigo. They belong to the kingdom of bunyorokitara in western uganda, in the area to the immediate east of lake albert. Bunyorokitara was the biggest and strongest kingdom in the interlaucstine region by the beginning of the century. At the hight of its glory, the empire included present day masindi, hoima. Court dismisses case against bunyoro s premier i did not drag the king or kingdom to court. Bigo is an encampment ditch that is six miles in circumference and twentytwo feet deep, enclosing two square miles. Like many other great kingdoms and empires which lost their powers and declined bunyoro kitara is no different. Bunyorokitara kingdom, general informations page 3 of 50 1.
Bunyoro kitara kingdom history murungi oliver abwooli. However, with the weakening of the bachwezi dynasty of bunyoro under the hapless leadership of wamara, the last of the bachwezi kings, the rise of the greater babito dynasty became an inevitability in. The ribbon is white with the black letters bunyoro kingdom. Henceforth i became an officially respected elder in bunyorokitara. Pdf this article examines the use of genealogy in the politics of colonial bunyoro, a kingdom within the modern state of. Omukama of bunyoro is the title given to rulers of the east african kingdom of bunyorokitara. The kingdom bunyoro kitara was a very extensive, prestigious and famous at the height of its power. At the hight of its glory, the empire included present day masindi, hoima, kibaale, kabarole and kasese districts. Bunyorokitara kingdom royal order the most honourable. His word was highly respected and almost equated to the word from god. Bunyoro kitara kingdom, general informations page 3 of 78 1. Socially, people were organised in strong clans with the royal clan of the kings, princes and princesses. I filed a suit against andrew byakutaga because he is in that office.
You can look at the whole list of his predecessors. Kitara today is a relatively small east african kingdom situated in western uganda, which claims to be the true heir to the. John beattie wrote his treatise in 1960, based on research he did in the 50s, before the kingdom was banned by idi amin, before it was recreated in the 1990s, before it adopted the very western religion of christianity. The omukama of bunyorokitara, solomon gafabusa iguru in the year 2009 empango celebration ceremonies recognised this fact and awarded me one of bunyorokitaras highest knighthood. Article information, pdf download for bunyorokitara revisited. The kingdom bunyoro kitara was a very extensive, prestigious and famous at the height of its power socially, people were organised in strong clans with the royal clan of the kings, princes and princesses. Bunyoro was established by invaders from the north. Centred in western uganda, a community that faces conflicts in its own feudal and bureaucratic systems, and attempting to balance the colonizers interest. Becaue of the love for his son, nyamutura let son be. Beatties sociological account of the bunyoro people was my first read on anything african. The king held executive, judiciary and legislative powers.
The kingdom of bunyorokitara arose and came to control much of the region, but smaller kingdoms, such as buganda and rwanda, grew along its periphery. When the omukama of bunyorokitara kingdom, solomon gafabusa iguru, travelled to gulu town to take part in ceremonies marking the coronation of the acholi paramount chief, david onen acana ii, on. The omukama could bestow the distinction of membership of this order upon any. This is the official facebook page for bunyoro kitara kingdom bkk. About empagi za bunyoro foundation located in hoima, empagi za bunyoro foundation is a nongovernmental. There, peoples were organized into statesor kingdoms, as they were labeled by the earliest european visitors. Part iii, uganda journal, v, 2 1937, 67, but many of these, are outside the present boundaries of the kingdom. Banyoro people and their culture in uganda a free guide. List of omukama greatest of men bunyoro kitara king solomon agutamba iguru on june 11,2017 celebrated 23 years on the throne. Court dismisses case against bunyoros premier i did not drag the king or kingdom to court.
The first of these efforts is at the bunyorokitara community tele centre, where basic computing skills are taught. The banyoro people empagi za bunyoro kitara foundation. Bunyoro historical kingdom, east africa britannica. The tooro kingdom was originally a province of bunyorokitara until 1830 when prince kaboyo, one of the sons nyamutura, the king of bunyoro at the time rebelled and declared toro independent. In background, king kabaleegas tomb, covered with white spotted brown cowhide, fixed around the vault with nine tradtional hoes. A history of ethnicity in the kingdom of buganda since 1884. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in central and east africa from the th century to the 19th century. Poporul din bunyoro este cunoscut ca nyoro ori banyoro singular. The kingdom lasted as an independent state from the. The people of bunyoro are known as banyoro singular munyoro. The king held executive judicial and legislative power, is word was. History the kingdom bunyoro kitara was a very extensive, prestigious and famous at the height of its power.
The current ruler is solomon iguru i, the 27th omukama the people of bunyoro are also known as nyoro or banyoro singular. Kitara, kingdom of bunyorokitara today is a relatively. The book briefly tackles the history of the ancient kingdom of bunyorokitara from which all conceptions of kingship in uganda originated. The organization of the peoples who came to inhabit the area north of the nile river was mainly based on their clan structures. He is closely related to the omukama of toro kingdom. In this respect the northerners differed markedly from the peoples to the southwest of the nile. That bunyorokitara is only a skeleton of what it used to.
The kingdom lasted as an independent state from the 16th to the 19th century. The book has been written during the time in which i have been the king ruling in the succession of my ancestors. Community tourism spending an afternoon learning to weave baskets and make crafts is another activity tourists can indulge in. The omukama of bunyoro remains an important figure in ugandan politics, especially among the banyoro people of whom he is the titular head. The present mukama of bunyoro listed twentyeight counties as having been arranged by his father, mukama kabarega, during the second half of the last century k. It lay to the east of bunyoro and was originally under the chwezi empire of bunyoro kitara.
It enumerates historical events, plus practices, past and present, that made bunyorokitara a kingdom bonded in chains of poverty. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Investment opportunities in bunyorokitara kingdom brief guide to investing in bunyoro 3 l bunyorokitara is an ancient kingdom in the great lakes region of africa, which until 1895 was a state that only ceded its sovereignty with resistance to colonial occupation by great britain. The kingdom of bunyoro kitara is the remainder of a once powerful empire of kitara. The native language is runyororutooro, a bantu language. Necklace worn by a general during the chwezi dynasty caretaker of royal mparo tombs, manueli, displaying king kabaleegas bowl. However, over time, the kingdom of bunyorokitara stated to shrink. The kingdom is making strides in imparting modern telecommunication and digital information technology skills to our youth. Bunyoro empire was an empire in present day westerm, central, and southeastern uganda. Ocaki of bunyoro late fifteenthearly sixteenth century 3.
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