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The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until l862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but Christopher Wrigley endeavours to show that the stories which appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. He has written an elegant, wide-ranging and original study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms.

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This book is about the stories of the past which have been recorded in the kingdom of Buganda, the original nucleus of what has become the Uganda Republic. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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African history: c 1500 to c 1900
Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Africa
Africa - Central
Africa - General
Anthropology - Cultural
East Africa - History
Ganda (African people)
History
History (Africa)
History: World
Kings and rulers
Mythology
Mythology, Ganda
Oral tradition
Sociology
Uganda


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