Kato Kintu

Ssekabaka Kato Kintu
Kabaka of Buganda
Reign Early 14th century
Predecessor None
Successor Chwa I of Buganda
Born Uganda
Died Mid-14th century
Nnono, Busujju
Burial Nnono, Busujju
Spouse Nambi Nantuttululu
Father Kagona
Mother Namukana

Kato Kintu Kakulukuku[1](fl. early 14th century)[2]was the first kabaka (king) of the Kingdom of Buganda. "Kintu" is an adopted by-name, chosen for Kintu, 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".[3] [4][5][6][7][8][9]

Background and reign

Kintu was born at Bukasa Village, in the Ssese Islands, on Lake Nalubaale. He established his capital at Nnono, Busujju County. He fathered five children, one daughter and four sons.[10]

  • Prince (Omulangira) Lukedi
  • Prince (Omulangira) Winyi
  • Prince (Omulangira) Mulanga Kimera
  • Prince (Omulangira) Chwa I Nabakka
  • Princess (Omumbejja) Nang'oma

The final days

Kabaka Kato Kintu[11] died at age thirty. He was buried at Nnono, Busujju County.[10]

Succession table

Preceded by
None		 King of Buganda
early fourteenth century		 Succeeded by
Chwa I

See also

References

  1. ↑ History of Buganda: From the Foundation of the Kingdom To 1900. CRC Press. 1972. pp. 35, 94, 95.
  2. ↑ Shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda. Author House. 2012. p. 94.
  3. ↑ "The Founding of Buganda". Buganda.com. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ The Kings of Buganda. East African Publishing House. 1971. p. 42.
  5. ↑ The historical tradition of Busoga, Mukama and Kintu. Clarendon Press. 1972. pp. 86, 87, 88.
  6. ↑ Chronology, Migration, and Drought in Interlacustrine Africa. Africana Pub. Co. 1978. p. 150.
  7. ↑ Afrique des Grands lacs. Zone Books. 2003. p. 113.
  8. ↑ Myth, Ritual, and Kingship in Buganda. Oxford University Press. 1991. p. 95.
  9. ↑ The Bitter Bread of Exile: The Financial Problems of Sir Edward ... Progressive Publishing. 2013. p. 6.
  10. 1 2 Buyers, Christopher (April 2012). "The Abalasangeye Dynasty: Kabaka Kato Kintu". Royalark.Net. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. ↑ Dictionary of African Historical Biography, University of California Press, 1989, pp. 72, 109
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