Baganda
Sign in to saveThe Baganda (endonym: (A)Baganda; singular (O)Muganda; in Luganda or plural Waganda in Kiswahili or Ganda in old English texts), are a Bantu ethnic group that share a common culture, history and language and clans, and are primarily native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda. Traditionally composed of 52 clans (although since a 1993 survey, only 46 are officially recognised), the Baganda are the largest people of the Bantu ethnic group in Uganda, comprising 15.3 percent of the population at the time of the 2024 census.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Baganda
- Ethnic group.flag
- Flag of Buganda.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Flag of the Buganda Kingdom.
- Ethnic group.image
- We Embrace happiness.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Baganda traditional dance
- Ethnic group.total
- 7,037,404
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Islam
- Ethnic group.langs
- Luganda, Swahili, English
- Ethnic group.related
- Basoga, Bagwere and other Bantu peoples
- Ethnonym.root
- Ganda
- Ethnonym.person
- OmuGanda
- Ethnonym.people
- AbaGanda
- Ethnonym.language
- OluGanda
- Ethnonym.country
- BuGanda
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24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Clan structure
- Culture and society
- Names
- Okwalula abaana (naming and confirming children in a clan)
- Naming of twins
- Surnames inspired by Kiganda mythology
- Ekitiibwa
- Women
- Appearance
- Clothing
- Religion
- Creation myth
- Marriage rites and customs
- Death
- Death announcement (Okubika)
- The wake
- Preparation of the body
- Taking leave of the dead (Okuziraga)
- Last funeral rites (Okwabya Olumbe)
- History
- Early history
- Arrival and interference of European colonialists
- References
The Baganda (endonym: (A)Baganda; singular (O)Muganda; in Luganda or plural Waganda in Kiswahili or Ganda in old English texts), are a Bantu ethnic group that share a common culture, history and language and clans, and are primarily native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda. Traditionally composed of 52 clans (although since a 1993 survey, only 46 are officially recognised), the Baganda are the largest people of the Bantu ethnic group in Uganda, comprising 15.3 percent of the population at the time of the 2024 census.
A single individual is called a Muganda whereas several people are called Baganda. The word Abaganda refers to "The Baganda People" and Omuganda refers to "The Muganda person".