Kato Kintu Kakulukuku (''fl.'' Late 13th century) known in Bunyoro as Kato Kimera was the first
kabaka
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 and ...
(king) of the
Kingdom of Buganda
Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 m ...
. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for
Kintu
Kintu is a mythological figure who appears in a creation myth of the Uganda people of Buganda, Uganda. According to this legend, Kintu was the first person on earth and the first man to wander the plains of Uganda alone.
Kintu in mythology
In th ...
, 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", and he may have renamed his wife, from Nantuttululu to Nambi, because that was Kintu's wife's name.
Background and reign
Kintu was born at Bukasa Village, in the
Ssese Islands
The Ssese Islands are an archipelago of eighty-four islands in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria in Uganda. The islands are coterminous with the Kalangala District in southern Central Uganda, which does not have any territory on mainland Uga ...
, on
Lake Nalubaale
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after L ...
. He established his capital at Nnono, Busujju County. He fathered one child.
* Prince (Omulangira) Mulanga
The final days
Kabaka Kato Kintu
died at age thirty. He was buried at Nnono, Busujju County.
Succession table
See also
*
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 and ...
*
Winyi of Kibulala
Wasswa Chwamale Mwanga Winyi (''fl.'' early 14th century) was a reigning monarch of Bunyoro-Kitara during the period circa 1300 AD. His chief palace was located at Kibulala, Ssingo, where his remains are buried today. When Prince Kalemeera of Bug ...
References
External links
List of The Kings of Buganda
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Kabakas of Buganda
14th-century monarchs in Africa