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Buganda

Either of two provinces (North and South Buganda) of Uganda, home of the Baganda people and formerly a kingdom from the 17th century. The former kabaka, or king, Edward Mutesa II (1924–1969), was the first president of independent Uganda 1963–66. He was deposed as monarch in 1966.

His son Ronald Mutebi (1955– ) is sabataka (head of the Baganda clans) and became king when the monarchy was restored in 1993.



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Dinners and friendly associations among missionaries and protectorate officials, and between Baganda and Britons, had allowed the British to plot among themselves, seize Ugandans' resources, seduce Buganda's leaders and block Ganda efforts toward individual and corporate progress.
The figure remained at the royal compound until Rukonge fled from German troops, which advanced after his attack on Baganda Catholic catechists.
Ssengendo's own interest in the subject stems from living through two decades--from the late 1960s through the late 1980s--of social turmoil, marked by violent persecutions of the Baganda under the regimes of Apolo Milton Obote (independent Uganda's first prime minister), and that of Idi Amin Dada, both northerners.
 
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