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Ham Mukasa also referred to as Hamu Mukasa (c. 1870–1956) was a
Ham Mukasa married his first wife, Hanna Wawemuko when he was 27 years old. They had four children together. Wawemuko died in 1919, and Mukasa remarried a year later. He had ten children with his second wife, Sarah Nabikolo.
Victoria Sarah Kisosonkole, Mukasa's daughter with Hanna Wawemuko, was the mother of Damali Kisosonkole and Sarah Kisosonkole, who were both married to Ssekabaka Edward Muteesa II. Sarah Kisosonkole is the mother of the current
The Ham Mukasa Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukasa, Ham 1868 births 1956 deaths Converts to Christianity Ugandan non-fiction writers
Ham Mukasa also referred to as Hamu Mukasa (c. 1870–1956) was a vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
in the court of Mutesa I of Buganda
Muteesa I Mukaabya Walugembe Kayiira (1837–9 October 1884) was the 30th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1856 until 1884.
Biography
He was born at the Batandabezaala Palace, at Mulago, in 1837. He was the son of Kabaka Ssuuna II Kalema ...
(in present-day Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
) and later secretary to Apolo Kagwa. He was fluent in both English
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and Swahili. He wrote one of the first glossaries of the Ganda language
The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...
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Early life
Mukasa was the son of Makabugo Sensalire, a minor chief in Buddu (in present-dayMasaka District
Masaka District is a district in Buganda Kingdom in Uganda. Its main town is Masaka City, whose estimated population in 2011 was 74,100.
Location
The district is bordered by Bukomansimbi District to the north-west, Kalungu District to the nort ...
). He converted to Christianity at a young age. He suffered serious injury in the 1886 massacre of Christians by Mwanga II
Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was Kabaka of Buganda from 1884 until 1888 and fro ...
. As a result, he had a weak leg. Around 1898, he married Наnnаh Mаwеmukо, the daughter of a former chief minister ( Katikkiro) of Buganda.
Career
Ham Mukasa was placed in the palace of Kabaka Mutesa I as a page at the age of nine by his father, a clan chief in Buganda. While in the palace, Mukasa at first received instruction from Islamic teachers who held sway in Mutesa's court; however, he was later drawn to the Protestants, who baptised him Ham. It was as a Christian, and as a Protestant, that he took part in Buganda's religious wars of 1888–1892. Mukasa was appointed the ssaza (county) chief of Kyaggwe - known as the Ssekiboobo - in 1905, and served in the position until 1935 when he retired.Journeys in England
Mukasa's book ''Uganda's Katikiro in England'' details his experiences on his journey from his homeland to the coronation of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, as secretary to ''Katikkiro'' (Prime Minister) Apolo Kagwa. It was translated into English by Ernest Millar of the Church Mission Society in Uganda. In London, Mukasa stayed at Alexandra Palace, and visited theLondon Hippodrome
The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few su ...
, attended a play in Drury Lane, and met with a variety of people such as writer Henry Morton Stanley and ex- governor of Uganda Harry Johnston
Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927), known as Harry Johnston, was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely in Africa and spoke many African languages. He publishe ...
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Ham Mukasa returned to England in 1913, this time accompanying the child Kabaka Cwa who was on an official visit.
Personal life
Ham Mukasa married his first wife, Hanna Wawemuko when he was 27 years old. They had four children together. Wawemuko died in 1919, and Mukasa remarried a year later. He had ten children with his second wife, Sarah Nabikolo.
Victoria Sarah Kisosonkole, Mukasa's daughter with Hanna Wawemuko, was the mother of Damali Kisosonkole and Sarah Kisosonkole, who were both married to Ssekabaka Edward Muteesa II. Sarah Kisosonkole is the mother of the current Kabaka of Buganda
the kabaka Palace in kireka
Kabaka is the title of the king of the Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual an ...
, Muwenda Mutebi II
Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka (also known as king) of the Kingdom of Buganda, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the 36th ''Kabaka'' of Buganda.
He was appointed a ...
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The Ham Mukasa Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukasa, Ham 1868 births 1956 deaths Converts to Christianity Ugandan non-fiction writers