Kanyarwanda I Gahima I
Gahima I (also known as Kanyarwanda I, Kayima I, Ghem, Khem, Kakama, Khm among East Africans was Mwami, or King of Rwanda supposedly after Gihanga's long reign around the Nile source. Gahima I is believed to be the general ancestral patriarch of Twa, Hutu and Tutsi groups that all form the indigenous Rwandan society. Just as he is believed to be a child or grandson of Gihanga a name that means creator, Gahima's maternal grandfather is orally cited in Rwandan tradition as Rurenge. A name that signifies "Bigfoot".
| Gahima I | |
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| Mwami (King), Progenitor | |
| Dynasty | Nyiginya |
| Mother | Nyiragahima Nyamususa |
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| Preceded by Gihanga |
King of Rwanda Antiquity |
Succeeded by Yuhi I Musindi |
References
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