Word: baganda
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Buganda, richest of four divisions in the British protectorate of Uganda, lived in a state of unrivaled harmony with their white protectors. "Kwini Elizabeth is a very brave woman; truly we love Kwini Elizabeth," sang the soldiers of Buganda when Britain's new Queen was crowned. The Baganda were proud that they alone of African tribes had not been conquered, but had voluntarily asked Britain's protection...
There were other signs, all over Africa, of a fairer share of the blanket. Items: ¶ In blossoming Uganda, where Baganda tribesmen still mourn the loss of their exiled Kabaka (TIME, Dec. 14), Governor Sir Andrew Cohen took a plane for London to discuss "social and economic re forms" with British Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton. Said Cohen before takeoff: "There must be no color bar in Uganda; this evil thing will never be permitted in this country...
...Mountains of the Moon face east towards a mighty lake that could drown the state of West Virginia. On the northern shore of Lake Victoria sits Kampala (pop. 22,000), the chief city of the British protectorate of Uganda and the ancient tribal capital of 1,300,000 Baganda tribesmen...
State of Emergency. News of their ruler's exile hit the Baganda like a tropical rainstorm. The Kabaka's 300-lb. sister, Princess Zalwanga, collapsed and died; his pretty young Nabagereka (Queen) retired with her ladies in waiting and sent out a message that she was "bewildered and grief-stricken." Buganda nationalists, who have previously attacked the Kabaka as a playboy and British puppet, quickly reversed themselves and cried for "our beloved King." In the Great Lukiko (native council), Prime Minister Paulo Kavuma announced that he had radioed London, beseeching the British government to please send Mutesa home...
Under the agreement of 1900, signed by Britain and Mutesa's crocodile-worshiping father, the Kabaka is required to "conform . . . and cooperate loyally with Her Majesty's Government." But since last summer, the Baganda have been demanding 1) a definite date for Buganda independence. 2) the transfer of Buganda affairs from the British Colonial Office to the Foreign Office. This would have meant splitting the Uganda protectorate into two unworkable enclaves-one for the proud Baganda. another for the 4,000,000 less-advanced tribesmen. Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton turned down both requests, but when he ordered...