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Every Muganda must belong to one of the 52 clans of Baganda.
Every Muganda must belong to one of the 52 clans of Baganda.


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Template:Short description Every Muganda must belong to one of the 52 clans of Baganda.

List of Clans of Baganda

The 52 clans are: Template:Div col

  1. Abalangira
  2. Babiito-Kooki
  3. Babiito-Kiziba
  4. Babiito-Kibulala
  5. Butiko
  6. Ffumbe
  7. Kasanke
  8. Kasimba
  9. Kayozi
  10. Kibe
  11. Kibuba
  12. Kinyomo
  13. Kiwere
  14. Kkobe
  15. Lugave
  16. Lukato
  17. Mmazzi ga Kisasi
  18. Mbogo
  19. Mbuzi
  20. Mbwa
  21. Mmamba Gabunga
  22. Mmamba Kakoboza
  23. Mpeewo
  24. Mpindi
  25. Mpologoma
  26. Musu
  27. Mutima Musagi
  28. Mutima Omuyanja
  29. Nnakinsige
  30. Ndiga
  31. Ndiisa
  32. Ngabi Nnyunga
  33. Ngabi Nsamba
  34. Ngeye
  35. Ngo
  36. Njaza
  37. Njovu
  38. Nkebuka
  39. Nkejje
  40. Nkerebwe
  41. Nkima
  42. Nkula
  43. Nnamuŋŋoona
  44. Nnyonyi Nnyange
  45. Nseenene
  46. Nsuma
  47. Nsunu
  48. Nswaswa
  49. Ntalaganya
  50. Nte
  51. Nvubu
  52. Nvuma
  53. Ŋŋaali (Ngaali)
  54. Ŋŋonge (Ngonge)

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Nnansangwa (Original Clans)

The oldest clans trace their lineage to Bakiranze Kivebulaya, who is supposed to have ruled in the region from about 400 AD until about 1300 AD. These seven clans are referred to as the Nansangwa, or the indigenous:[1]

  1. Lugave Clan
    Lugave (Pangolin)
  2. Mmamba (Lungfish)
  3. Ngeye (Colobus monkey)
  4. Njaza (Reedbuck)
  5. Ennyange (Cattle egret)
  6. Fumbe (Civet cat)
  7. Ngonge (Otter)
  8. Mpindi (Cowpea)
  9. Ngabi Ennyunga (Bushbuck)

Kintu migration

The Abalasangeye dynasty came to power through the conquests of Kabaka of Buganda ssekabaka Kintu,[2][3][4][5] which are estimated to have occurred sometime between 1200 and 1400 AD.[6][7][8][9]

Vervet Monkey in Uganda
Vervet Monkey in Uganda

Thirteen clans that are believed to have come with Kintu:

  1. Ekkobe (Liana fruit)
  2. Mbwa (Dog)
  3. Mpeewo (Oribi antelope)
  4. Mpologoma (Lion)
  5. Namuŋoona (Pied crow)
  6. Ngo (Leopard)
  7. Ŋonge (Otter)
  8. Nte (cow)
  9. Nkejje (Cichlids)
  10. Nkima (Vervet monkey)
  11. Ntalaganya (Blue duiker)
  12. Nvubu (Hippopotamus)
  13. Nvuma (Pearl)

The descendants of the Basimba people (also known as Bashimba) which is a Bisa and Ambo nickname of the Clan of the leopards, the bena Ngo in Zambia, who settled at Mpogo, Sironko District, are among the Ngo Clan group that come along with Kabaka Kato Kintu in his immigration.

Kato Kimera migration

Around 1370 AD another wave of immigration began, assisted by Kabaka Kimera,[10] who was the son of Omulangira Kalemeera. Kabaka Kimera was born in Kibulala, and returned to Buganda with Jjumba of the Nkima clan and other Buganda elders.

These eleven clans are:

  1. Bugeme
  2. Butiko (Mushrooms)
  3. Kasimba (Genet)
  4. Kayozi (Jerboa)
  5. Kibe (Fox)
  6. Mbogo (Buffalo)
  7. Musu/Omusu (Edible rat)
  8. Ngabi Ensamba(Antelope)
  9. Nkerebwe (Jungle Shrew)
  10. Nsuma (snout fish)
  11. Nseenene (Copiphorini)

References

  1. ↑ "BBNAC". https://www.bbnac.org/clans/. 
  2. ↑ History of Buganda: From the Foundation of the Kingdom To 1900, CRC Press, 1972, ISBN 9780841901148, https://books.google.com/books?id=YLIqAAAAYAAJ 
  3. ↑ shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda, Author House, 2012, https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1468579959 
  4. ↑ The Kings of Buganda, East African Publishing House, 1971, ISBN 9780800216337, https://books.google.com/books?id=hnkWAAAAIAAJ 
  5. ↑ The historical tradition of Busoga, Mukama and Kintu, Clarendon Press, 1972, ISBN 9780198216735, https://books.google.com/books?id=hdZyAAAAMAAJ 
  6. ↑ Afrique des Grands lacs, Zone Books, 2003, ISBN 9781890951344, https://books.google.com/books?id=IlpyAAAAMAAJ 
  7. ↑ The Bitter Bread of Exile: The Financial Problems of Sir Edward ..., Progressive Publishing, 2013, https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9970464000 
  8. ↑ Myth, Ritual, and Kingship in Buganda, Oxford University Press, 1991, ISBN 9780195064360, https://books.google.com/books?id=4pZyAAAAMAAJ 
  9. ↑ Chronology, migration, and drought in interlacustrine Africa, Africana Pub. Co, 1978, ISBN 9780841903777, https://books.google.com/books?id=IkNyAAAAMAAJ 
  10. ↑ Dictionary of African Historical Biography, University of California Press, 1989, https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0520066111 
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