Word: nabagereka
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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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...
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