Bunyoro, [a] also called Bunyoro-Kitara, is a traditional Bantu kingdom in Western Uganda. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 16th century to the 19th century.

Bunyoro, East African kingdom that flourished from the 16th to the 19th century west of Lake Victoria, in present-day Uganda. Bunyoro was established by invaders from the north; as cattle keepers, the immigrants constituted a privileged social group that …

Nov 25, 2018 · Bunyoro-Kitara was established by the people belonging to the northern portion of the kingdom of Songora, also known as either the Empire of Kitara (the Empire of Light), the Kingdom of BuShongora, or the Chwezi Kingdom.

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Aug 30, 2023 · Uganda’s Bunyoro-Kitara, or simply Bunyoro, used to be one of the strongest and most affluential kingdoms in Central and East Africa between the 14th to 19th centuries. The Bantu kingdom formerly spanned much of Uganda as well as parts of present-day Western Kenya, Northern Tanzania and Eastern Congo.

The Kingdom Bunyoro Kitara was a very extensive, prestigious and famous at the height of its power. Socially, people were organised in strong clans with the royal clan of the Kings, princes and princesses.

Modern day historians place the beginning of the Babiito dynasty at around the time of the invasion of Bunyoro by the Luo from the North. The first mubiito (singular) king was Isingoma Mpuga Rukidi I, whose reign is placed around the 14th century. To date, there have been a total of 27 Babiito kings of Bunyoro-Kitara

The people of Bunyoro are known as Banyoro (singular Munyoro). They belong to the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, Western Uganda, in the area to the immediate East of Lake Albert. Their cultural leader is the Omukama (king). Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is composed of the districts of Hoima, Masindi, Kibaale, Buliisa and Kiryandongo. The native language is

The Kingdom which remained got another name Bunyoro hence the name Bunyoro-Kitara. The term Bunyoro according to some historians, seems to have specifically, referred to the new Luo element in the population, the bulk of which tended to form an intermediate class between the Hima-pastoral aristocracy and the ordinary peasants.

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom in which the Babiito ruled since 1500 AD is found in Western Uganda. It is one of the successor Kingdoms of the former larger Kitara Empire.