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Ugandan culture
For people who intend to travel (Swahili: Safari) not only
as a leisure moment but even as an opportunity to discover new cultures, Uganda offers various choices to get near
and close to the local communities.
Uganda, with a population of 24.5 million has about 50 different tribes. South of the Nile is dominated by tribes belonging to the Bantu ethnic group:
- Baganda , the largest Ugandan ethnic group having around the 20% of the whole population, live in central and southern Uganda and around Kampala and are the origin of the name to the nation. The Buganda Kingdom was never conquered by colonial armies; rather the powerful king (Kabaka), Mutesa I, agreed to a protectorate status. The Kabakaship is linked to a legendary Kintu as the first king but rather a mythical origin of the Kingdom.
- Banyoro descend from the most ancient Ugandan kingdom: Bunyoro - Kitara (1300). The traditional government of Bunyoro consisted of a hereditary ruler, or king (Omukama). The Nyoro Omukama was believed to be descended from the first ruler, Kintu who had 3 sons. The oldest son became a servant and cultivator, the second became a herder, and the third son became the ruler over all the people according to some legendary stories. Bunyoro - Kitara has also mythical links with Abaewezi, legends abound among Banyoro history.
- Basoga live around Jinja East of the Victoria Nile River. Traditional Soga society consisted of a number of small kingdoms not united under a single leader. Society was organized around a number of principles, the most important of which was descent. Unlike the kabakas of Buganda, Basoga kings are members of royal clans, selected by a combination of descent and approval by royal elders.
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