Kato Kintu Explained
| Ssekabaka Kato Kintu |
| Kabaka of Buganda |
| Reign: | late 13th century |
| Predecessor: | None |
| Successor: | Chwa I of Buganda |
| Spouse: | Nambi Nantuttululu |
| Father: | Kagona |
| Mother: | Namukana |
| Birth Place: | Uganda |
| Death Date: | Mid-14th century |
| Death Place: | Nnono, Busujju |
| Place Of Burial: | Nnono, Busujju |
Kato Kintu Kakulukuku[1] (fl. Late 13th century),[2] known in Bunyoro as Kato Kimera was the first kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for Kintu, the name of the first person on earth in Buganda mythology. Kato Kintu gave himself the name "Kintu" to associate himself with the "father of all people",[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and he may have renamed his wife, from Nantuttululu to Nambi, because that was Kintu's wife's name.[9]
Background and reign
Kintu was born at Bukasa Village, in the Ssese Islands, on Lake Nalubaale. He established his capital at Nnono, Busujju County. He fathered three children: Gguluddene, Ccwa (also spelt as Chwa) and Wakayima.[10]
- Prince (Omulangira) Mulanga
The final days
Kabaka Kato Kintu died at age thirty. He was buried at Nnono, Busujju County.
See also
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Notes and References
- Book: History of Buganda: From the Foundation of the Kingdom To 1900 . CRC Press . 1972 . 35, 94, 95. 9780841901148 .
- Book: Shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda . Author House . 2012 . 94.
- Web site: The Founding of Buganda. 4 October 2014. Buganda.com. 11 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111190315/http://www.buganda.com/kintu.htm. dead.
- Book: The Kings of Buganda . East African Publishing House . 1971 . 42. 9780800216337 .
- Book: The historical tradition of Busoga, Mukama and Kintu . Clarendon Press . 1972 . registration . 86, 87,88.
- Book: Chronology, Migration, and Drought in Interlacustrine Africa . Africana Pub. Co. . 1978 . 150. 9780841903777 .
- Book: Afrique des Grands lacs . Zone Books . 2003. 113. 9781890951344 .
- Book: Myth, Ritual, and Kingship in Buganda . Oxford University Press . 1991. 95. 978-0-19-506436-0 .
- Book: Kizza, Immaculate N. . The Oral Tradition of the Baganda of Uganda: A Study and Anthology of Legends, Myths, Epigrams and Folktales . McFarland . 2010 . 9780786456055 . 22–23.
- Book: Nsimbi . Michael B. . Amannya Amaganda n'Ennono Zaago . 1980 . 219.
