Ancient history

Bunyoro | historical kingdom, East Africa

Bunyoro , East African Kingdom , that flourished west of from the 16th to the 19th centuries Victoria - See , in the today's Uganda . Bunyoro was founded by invaders from the north; like cattle herders, the immigrants constitutes a privileged social group who ruled over Bantu speaking agriculturalists. The kingdom continued to expand under its priest-kings until around 1800 when it began losing territory to its neighbors. Buganda . Bunyoro's last ruler, Kabarega was deposed in 1894 by the British, who preferred Buganda; The kingdom became 1896 to British Protectorate added.

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