Baganda
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The youth were members of the Baganda ethnic group and furious that Mr. Museveni’s government was trying to curtail the powers of their traditional king.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2011
Museveni based his five-year military struggle in the kingdom's heartland, and support by the Baganda has helped him stay in power.
From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2010
The Baganda are Uganda's largest tribe and were instrumental in Museveni coming to power 24 years ago.
From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2010
In 1953 the British rashly hustled him off into exile in London, had to back down when the Baganda threatened to become completely unmanageable.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the Baganda the first man who came to earth in Uganda was named Kintu.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
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