Empire of Kitara
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The Empire of Kitara or Chwezi Empire (Empire of the sun, Empire of the moon, Empire of the light), refers to the Kingdom of the Banyakitara. At the time of its greatest expansion, it ruled much of the Nile valley and beyond. When the Kingdom of Aksum disintegrated around 940 AD into the kingdom of Makuria, the Zagwe dynasty, the kingdom of Damot and the kingdom of Shewa, another kingdom broke away in the south to form the Empire of Kitara.[citation needed] The Empire consisted of what is modern day Lake Victoria, Uganda, northern parts of Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the eastern parts of the DRC, Zambia and Malawi.
The Empire of Kitara included what corresponds to modern Uganda, northern Tanzania, eastern Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia and Malawi.
According to oral tradition in the area of Great Lakes of Africa was ruled by a dynasty called Bachwezi (Chwezi) successors of Batembuzi and finally Babito dynasty.[1]
Rulers[]
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Dynasty | King/Omukama | Clan | Father | Mother | Mother's Clan | Reign | Burial Place | |
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1 | Batembuzi (Reign of the gods) | Kintu | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | late 900 | Unknown |
2 | Kakama | Bagabu | Kintu | Kati | Unknown | early 1000 | Unknown | |
3 | Itwale | Bagabu | Kakama | Unknown | Unknown | early 1000 | Unknown | |
4 | Hangi | Bagabu | Itwale | Unknown | Unknown | mid 1000 | Unknown | |
5 | Ira lya Hangi | Bagabu | Hangi | Unknown | Unknown | mid 1000 | Unknown | |
6 | Kabengera Kazooba ka Hangi | Bagabu | Hangi | Unknown | Unknown | late 1000 | Unknown | |
7 | Nyamuhanga | Bagabu | Kazooba | Unknown | Unknown | early 1100 | Unknown | |
8 | Nkya I | Bagabu | Nyamuhanga | Nyabagabe | Unknown | early 1100 | Unknown | |
9 | Nkya II | Bagabu | Nyaka I | Unknown | Unknown | mid 1100 | Unknown | |
10 | Baba | Bagabu | Nyka II | Unknown | Unknown | mid 1100 | Unknown | |
11 | Kamuli | Bagabu | Baba | Unknown | Unknown | late 1100 | Unknown | |
12 | Nseka | Bagabu | Kamuli | Unknown | Unknown | late 1100 | Unknown | |
13 | Kudidi | Bagabu | Nseka | Unknown | Unknown | early 1200 | Unknown | |
14 | Ntozi | Bagabu | Kudidi | Unknown | Unknown | early 1200 | Unknown | |
15 | Nyakahongerwa | Bagabu | Ntozi | Unknown | Unknown | mid 1200 | Unknown | |
16 | Mukonko | Bagabu | Nyakahongerwa | Unknown | Unknown | mid 1200 | Unknown | |
17 | Ngozaki Rutahinduka | Bagabu | Mukonko | Unknown | Unknown | late 1200 | Unknown | |
18 | Isaza Waraga Rugambanabato | Bagabu | Ngozaki Rutahinduka | Unknown | Unknown | late 1200/early 1300 | Unknown | |
19 | Bukuku Omuranzi | Baranzi | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | early 1300 | Kisegwe kya Nyinamwiru, Birembo Sub County, Bugangaizi | |
20 | Bachwezi (Reign of the demi-gods) | Ndahura Kyarubumbi | Bachwezi | Isimbwa | Nyinamwiru | Unknown | 1320 - 1350 | Unknown |
21 | Mulindwa Nyabweliza Ngango | Bachwezi | Isimbwa | Nyakwahya | Basaigi | 1350 - 1360 | Unknown | |
22 | Wamara Bwigunda | Bachwezi | Ndahura | Nyante | Unknown | 1360 - 1400 | Unknown | |
23 | Babiito (Reign of the Kings) | Isingoma Rukidi I Mpuuga Kyeramaino | Babiito | Kyomya | Nywatoro | Bakwonga | early 1400 | Dyangi(Bukidi/gulu), garments (masaijagaka-Chope) |
24 | Ocaki I Rwangirra | Babiito | Rukidi I | Iremera | Balisa | early 1400, 9 years | Irangara, garments(Karara) Bugangaizi) | |
25 | Oyo I Nyimba Kabamba Iguru | Babiito | Rukidi I | Iremera | Balisa | mid 1400 | Kinogozi-Buruli, garments(Kigaju-Kuhukya) | |
26 | Winyi I Rubembeka Ntara | Babiito | Oyo I | Nyaraki | Bakwonga | late 1400 | Kiburara, Isingo/Rugonjo/Ssingo | |
27 | Olimi I Rwitamahanga | Babiito | Winyi I | Nyagiro | Banywagi | early 1500 | Kalimbi-Mutuba II, Isingo/Rugonjo/Ssingo | |
28 | Nyabongo I chwa Relemu | Babiito | Olimi I | Unknown | Muchwa | mid 1500 | Muyenje, garments(Busesa in Buyaga) | |
29 | Winyi II Rubagiramasega | Babiito | Nyabongo I | Unknown | Balisa | mid 1500 | Lapenje, Isingo/Rugonjo/Ssingo | |
30 | Olimi II Ruhundwangeye | Babiito | Winyi II | Unknown | Bakwonga | late 1500 | Burongo, Isingo/Rugonjo/Ssingo | |
31 | Nyarwa I Omuzarra Kyaro | Babiito | Olimi II | Runengo | Bagweri | late 1500/early 1600 | Kyaka - Toro | |
32 | Chwa I Ente Nkole Rumoma Mahanga | Babiito | Nyarwa I | Runengo | Bagweri | early 1600 | Rwanda | |
33 | Omujwera(Princess) Masamba Ga Winyi | Babiito | Winyi II | Unknown | Bakwonga | early 1600, 5 years | Rwembuba, Bugangaizi | |
34 | Kyebambe I Omuziikya | Babiito | Chwa I | Ihembe | Babiito | early 1600 | Kijaguzo, Nyakabimba-Toro | |
35 | Winyi III Ruguruka Macolya | Babiito | Kyembabe I | Gawa | Bakwonga | mid 1600 | Miduma, Buruli- Masindi | |
36 | Nyaika I Omuragwa Macolya | Babiito | Winyi III | Unknown | Unknown | late 1600 | Kihwera, Bujenje | |
37 | Kyebambe II Bikaju | Babiito | Winyi III | Kacubya | Unknown | late 1600/early 1700 | Nyamiryango, kihukya Saza | |
38 | Olimi III Isansa | Babiito | Kyembabe II | Mpanga Omwangamwoyo | Babiito | 1710-1731, 21 years | Kiguhyo-Buyaga, garments in Buhonda Bugangaizi | |
39 | Duhaga I Mujwiga | Babiito | Olimi III | Kindiki | Basaigi | 1731-1782, 51 years | Irangarra Muytba III, Bugangaizi | |
40 | Olimi IV Kasoma | Babiito | Duhaga I | Unknown | Muchwa | 1782-1786, 4 years | Ruhunga - Mumyoka, Buhaguzi | |
41 | Kyebambe III Nyamutukura | Babiito | Olimi IV | Kafunda | Bachwa | 1786 - 1835, 49 years | Kibedi-Nyamanunda, Buyaga | |
42 | Nyabongo II Mugenyi Biranga | Babiito | Kyebamabe III | Kajaja | Bafunjo | 1835 - 1848, 13 years | Bukonda Sabagabo - Buyaga, garments in Kitonzei, Mutuba I | |
43 | Olimi IV Rwakabale | Babiito | Nyabongo II | Unknown | Bazira | 1848 - 1852, 4 years | Kitonya, Mutuba III, Buyaga | |
44 | Kyabambe IV Kamurasi | Babiito | Nyabongo II | Unknown | Unknown | 1852 - 1869, 17 years | Busibika Ngangi, Buyanja | |
45 | Chwa II Kabaleega Yokana | Babiito | Kamurasi | Kenyange Nyamutahingurwa | Abayonza | 1870 - 1899, 29 years | Mparo, Hoima | |
46 | Kitahimbwa I Karukara Yosia | Babiito | Chwa II Kabaleega | Maliza Mukakyabara Bagaaya Akiiki | Babiito | 1898-1902, 4 years | Nyareweyo, Bugagaizi | |
47 | Duhaga II Bisereko Andereya | Babiito | Chwa II Kabaleega | Maliza Mukakyabara Bagaaya Akiiki | Babiito | 1902-1924, 22 years | Kinogozi, Buhimba-Hoima | |
48 | Winyi IV, Tito Gafabusa | Babiito | Chwa II Kabaleega | Maliza Mukakyabara Bagaaya Akiiki | Babiito | 1925-1967, 42 years | Mparo, Hoima | |
49 | Iguru I, Solomon Gafabusa | Babiito | Winyi IV | Getrude Gafabusa Komweru Ateenyi | Babiito | 1994–Present | N/A |
References[]
- ^ Doyle, Shane (2006). Crisis & Decline in Bunyoro: Population & Environment in Western Uganda 1860-1955. James Currey Publishers. pp. 11–13. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- Former monarchies of Africa
- Precolonial Tanzania
- History of Uganda
- Former countries in Africa