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Bu·gan·da

 (bo͞o-găn′də, byo͞o-)
A region and former kingdom of eastern Africa on the northern shore of Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda. It was a British protectorate from 1894 until 1962, when it joined independent Uganda.

Buganda

(bʊˈɡændə)
n
(Placename) a region of Uganda: a powerful Bantu kingdom from the 17th century

Bu•gan•da

(buˈgæn də, byu-)
n.
a historic kingdom of East Africa, located N of Lake Victoria and W of the Nile in Uganda.
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Noun1.Buganda - a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
Republic of Uganda, Uganda - a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
capital of Uganda, Kampala - the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
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In general, the government is not very well liked among the Buganda people.
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In May 1902, two of the most distinguished converts of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) - Apolo Kagwa (1865-1927) and Ham Mukasa (1870-1956), respectively the Katikiro (prime minister and regent) of Buganda and his secretary - came to England for the coronation of King Edward VII.
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Ivor Agyman-Duah reports from his recent visit to one of Africa's longstanding kingdoms--that of Buganda.
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While the Europeans published pamphlets in defence of their anti-Indian politics, Africans voiced their opinion against Indians primarily in Sekanyolya, a newspaper edited by a Buganda expatriate in Nairobi.
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The 1920s Bamalaki movement, co-founded by my great-grandfather, saw him and his comrades banished from their native Buganda for insisting that Christian teaching should not be the monopoly of the white missionaries.
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He advised CID to prepare the charges and forward them to the Resident State Attorney at Buganda Road Court for subsequent proceedings.
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In an attempt to give them legal rights over the plots of land they occupy, the Kabaka has established the Buganda Land Board to administer his land and to issue titles.
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Kingdoms that had been historically antagonistic to one another such as Buganda and Bunyoro in Uganda were linked into the same colony.
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