Ruhinda was the first
Omugabe of Nkore, a king-like position, in Nkore, a kingdom in present-day
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
that was renamed
Ankole
Ankole (Nkore language, Runyankore: ''Nkore''), was a traditional Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom in Uganda and lasted from the 15th century until 1967. The kingdom was located in south-western Uganda, east of Lake Edward.
History
Ankole Realm, K ...
in colonial times. His approximate reign dates are c. 1430 to 1446.
He is descended from the Bachwezi Dynasty of the
Empire of Kitara. Ruhinda was a son of
Ndahura, the last
Chwezi
The Kingdom of the Banyakitara, also known as Union of Kitara (Union of Chwezi) or Chwezi Union, and better known as the Kitara Empire, was an empire in East Africa. It existed in the region from around the early bronze age to about 500 C.E. ...
king.
References
Ugandan monarchies
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