Empire of Kitara

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Empire of Kitara
PersonMunyakitara
LanguageRunyakitara
CountryUganda
File:Kitara historical-sites.jpg
Kitara historical sites

The Kingdom of the Banyakitara, also known as Union of Kitara or Chwezi Union (meaning Empire of the sunlight or Empire of the Moonlight), was an former union in Southeast Africa.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

According to oral tradition, at the height of its power (XIV-XV centuries), the kingdom included much of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, northern Tanzania and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.[6] It was ruled by two dynasties, the Batembuzi and their successors the Bachwezi. The empire is said to have fragmented after the invasion of the Luo in around 1500 CE.[7] The Chwezi dynasty is thought to have been related to the Tembuzi through king Isaza, the last ruler of the Batembuzi dynasty, who married Nyamate, the daughter of Nyamuyonga, "King of the underworld". This union produced king Isimbwa who later fathered Ndahura in Runyakitara (known in Rwanda as Ndahiro and in Buganda as Ndaula), the first of the Chwezi dynastic kings.[8][9]

Rulers

Abakama (Kings) of the Empire of Kitara
Dynasty King/Omukama Clan Father Mother Mother's Clan Reign Burial Place
1 Batembuzi (Reign of the gods) Kintu Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown late 900 Jinja
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 Unknown Unknown 1300 - 1370 Unknown
21 Mulindwa Nyabweliza Ngango Bachwezi Isimbwa Nyakwahya Basaigi 1370 - 1430 Unknown
22 Wamara Bwigunda Bachwezi Ndahura Nyante Unknown 1430 - 1500 Unknown

Timeline

Preceded by:

Succeeded by:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Empire of Kitara: One of the oldest African Empires that existed since 900 AD to date". Theafricanhistory.com. 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ Bernsten, Jan (1 March 1998). "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 19 (2): 93–107. doi:10.1080/01434639808666345. ISSN 0143-4632.
  3. ^ Stokes, Jamie (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, Volume 1. Infobase Publishing. pp. 506–509.
  4. ^ "AfriWetu Ep14 - Bachwezi Dynasty (Kitara Empire) - African Civilisation Series by AfriWetu". Anchor.fm.
  5. ^ Tantala, Renee (1989). The early history of Kitara in Western Uganda: Process models of religious and political change. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  6. ^ "Empire of Kitara: One of the oldest African Empires that existed since 900 AD to date". Theafricanhistory.com. 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ Uzoigwe, GN (1973). "Succession and Civil War in Bunyoro - Kitara". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 6 (1): 49–71. doi:10.2307/216973. JSTOR 216973.
  8. ^ "The Bachwezi powers". Newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  9. ^ "AfriWetu Ep15 - Origins of the Bachwezi - Legends Series by AfriWetu". Anchor.fm. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "AfriWetu S2E20 - Queen Makeda of Sheba (Legends) by AfriWetu". Anchor.fm. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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