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
A Bugandan kingdom official, Charles Peter Mayiga, said the gutted mausoleum was built in 1860 by Kabaka Mutesa I and was an object of deep historical and cultural reverence for the Baganda people.
From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2010
The alleged conspirators, members of the dominant Baganda tribe, which backed Museveni during the five-year civil war that brought him to power, apparently were unhappy with their lack of rewards.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Baganda, Sabakaki, we had been compelled to leave with the ox team.
From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward
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