In July 1890, an agreement was reached under which the entire area north of Lake Victoria was ceded to Great Britain. In 1894, Britain declared the region its protectorate. In alliance with Buganda, King Omukama Kabalega of Bunyoro opposed Britain`s efforts to take control of the kingdom. However, in 1899, Omukama Kabalega was captured and exiled to the Seychelles, and Bunyoro was later annexed to the British Empire. Due to Bunyoro`s resistance to the British, part of the territory of the Bunyoro Kingdom was ceded to Buganda and Toro. The country was placed under the rule of the buganda administrators. The Banyoro revolted in 1907; the revolt was crushed and relations improved somewhat. After the region remained loyal to Britain during World War I, a new agreement was signed in 1934 that gave the region more autonomy. Bunyoro remains one of the five constituent kingdoms of Uganda, along with Buganda, Busoga, Rwenzururu and Tooro. Administration of the Indigenous People of Bunyoro: Bunyoro Agreement of 1933; Land policy in Bunyoro and decision on land grants; the points raised by the Mukama of Bunyoro; contains a copy of the typed draft treaty signed by members of the Indigenous government on August 11, 1933, as well as printed copies of the 1933 Bunyoro Agreement and the text of His Excellency the Governor`s speech at the signing of the Bunyoro Agreement in Hoima on October 23, 1933.
The burial of the dead did not take place during the day, as it was believed to be dangerous when the sun shone in the grave. Only women and children were allowed to cry, but when it came to taking the body to the grave, these women had to moderate their crying because it was forbidden to do so at the grave. After the funeral, the family members cut off some of their hair and were placed in the grave. The one who attended the funeral washed himself thoroughly after the funeral, believing that negative magical forces could harm the harvests. The eldest son was called Kairu, which means “little farmer” because he had shown that he knew nothing about the value of cattle or milk. He had spilled all his milk and chose potatoes and millet from the objects along the way. He and all his descendants would forever be peasants and servants. The second, which he called Kahuma, which means (little shepherd), is because he had chosen the leather thong/stap used to tie cattle, and only half of his milk was missing Bunyoro began to decline in the late eighteenth century due to internal divisions. Buganda conquered the Kooki and Buddu regions of Bunyoro at the end of the century. In the 1830s, the large province of Toro separated and claimed much of the lucrative salt marshes. In the south, Rwanda and Ankole both grew rapidly, taking control of some of the smaller kingdoms that had been Bunyoro`s vassals.
The king usually does a lot of work to improve people`s standard of living. Relations with the European community are maintained through the Bunyoro-Kitara Representatives Association. The king also strove to maintain the traditional Bunyoro culture, while altering the honors of the kingdom so that they could be compared to Western standards. This dataset has not been scanned and cannot be downloaded. You can order recordings in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. To do this, you need a reader ticket. Or you can request a quote for a copy that will be sent to you. Under the first regime of Milton Obote, the kingdom of Bunyoro first benefited from the reconquest of the two “lost counties” of Buyaga and Bugangaizi after a referendum in 1964.
However, it was violently dissolved in 1967. The kingdom, along with three others, Buganda, Busoga, Toro, remained banned under the regime of dictator Idi Amin (1971-1979) and the second regime of Milton Obote (1980-1985)[6] and remained banned until 1993. Bunyoro People, Culture and Traditions – Complete guide to the Bunyoro Kingdom and the similarity of the Bunyoro people in Uganda. When the Kingdom of Aksum disintegrated into the Kingdom of Makuria, the Zagwe Kingdom, the Damot Kingdom and the Shewa Kingdom in northeastern Africa around 940 AD, another kingdom broke up in the south to form the Kingdom of Kitara. The book “Breaking the Chains of Poverty” by Hon. Yolamu Ndoleriire Nsamba, the private secretary of the Omukama of Bunyoro, explains in detail all the terrible things done by the colonialists and other foreign invaders. It also contains many other historical events and actions that have made Bunyoro “a chained kingdom of poverty.” Bunyoro came to power and controlled a number of the region`s holiest shrines, as well as the lucrative Kibiro salt marshes of Lake Albert (Africa). With the highest quality of metallurgy in the region, it has made the strongest military and economic power in the Great Lakes region. All families were ruled by the oldest man in the family (called Nyineka), and the village was ruled by an elder specially chosen by all the elders of the village. He was known as Mukuru W`Omugongo.
Some also think that the Bachwezi could come from other European countries whose names we do not know. But we are sure they had white skin. What is in question is their country of origin. It is likely that they were not Europeans, but Arabs, Abyssininas or Egyptians [Abamisri], as they immigrated to Kitara from the north. They have left many traces and all generations will therefore remember them. These people had very white skin and it is now thought that they may have been Portuguese. The word Abachwezi, it is said, could come from Portuguese. The Omukama (king) and other leaders in the region plan to establish a university that will focus primarily on teaching relevant skills related to work in natural resource extraction. The university will also strive to preserve the high level of the region`s cultural heritage. (See Public University below.) Omukama Nyamuhanga also ruled over many people, as during his reign the population continued to increase. He was much loved by his people. A long time passed before he could have a child.
This happened after consulting a sorcerer who advised him to marry a certain girl named Nyabagabe, the daughter of one of his servants named Igoro. Nyabagabe gave birth to a son he named Nkya [meaning “happy”]. People rejoiced at Nyabagabe`s happiness. They were happy that the daughter of a simple servant had married a king. Even today, when something happy happened to someone, people commented, “This one must have been born when Nyabagabe was in labor.” Many people still remember King Nyamuhanga today. The funeral would not take place in the middle of the day, as it was considered dangerous for the sun to shine directly into the grave. When the body was taken to the grave, the women had to moderate their crying, and it was forbidden to cry on the grave. Pregnant women were also banned from attending funerals, as it was believed that the negative magical powers associated with funerals would be too strong for the unborn child to survive. .