Empire of Kitara

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Short description: Union in Southeastern Africa (940 CE- 1500 CE)

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Empire of Kitara

Religion
Traditional African religion
GovernmentConstitutional Monarchy
Establishment
Historical eraBronze Age to Late Antiquity
• Dynasty since late
900 AD and 1200 BC
• Monarchy abolished
1967
• Monarchy reinstated
1993
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Kingdom of Aksum
Kitara Empire
Kingdom of Bunyoro
Today part ofUganda
Kitara historical sites
Pre-colonial African states from different periods

The Kingdom of the Banyakitara, also known as Union of Kitara (Union of Chwezi) or Chwezi Union and better known as the Kitara Empire, was an empire in East Africa. It existed in the great lakes region from around the early bronze age to about 500 C.E. During its growth under the mysterious Chwezi Kings., the (Empire of the sun, Empire of the moon) ruled much of the Nile valley and beyond during its peak., when the kingdom of Aksum disintegrated about 940 AD into the kingdoms of makuria, zagwe, Damot and Shewa., another kingdom split away in the south to form the great Empire of kitara., the empire encompassed of modern day Uganda, Eastern Kenya, eastern D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia., the Google interface has been translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. It is also used in the Orumuri newspaper, published by New Vision Group.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

According to oral traditions of western Uganda, the Kitara empire naturally known as the Empire of the sun, Empire of the Moon disintegrated during the 14th-15th centuries, and broke up into new autonomous kingdoms ruled by descendants of the Chwezi who, by oral legend, mysteriously vanished without a trace. The new kingdoms included Bunyoro, Tooro, Ankole, Buganda, Busoga in Uganda, the Kingdom of Rwanda, Burundi, and Karagwe in northern Tanzania and others in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.[6] Kitara was reported to have been ruled by two dynasties, the Batembuzi gods and their successors the Bachwezi god-kings. The Chwezi dynasty is thought to have been related to a Tembuzi king Ngonzaki's son Isaza. Isaza is believed to have been the last ruler of the Batembuzi dynasty, he married Nyamata, the daughter of Nyamiyonga , "King of the underworld". This union produced king Isimbwa who later fathered Ndahura in Runyakitara (known in Rwanda as Ndahiro I Bamara and in Buganda as Wamala Ndawula), the first of the Chwezi dynastic kings.[7][8] King Ngonzaki was son to King Bada. Bada was the son to Kakama (Kayima) whose father Hanga descended from the heavens.

Rulers

Abakama (Kings) of the Empire of Kitara
Dynasty King/Omukama Clan Father Mother Mother's Clan Reign Burial Place
1 Batembuzi (Reign of the gods) Kintu Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Bronze age Jinja
2 Kakama Bagabu Kintu Kati Unknown Bronze age Unknown
3 Itwale Bagabu Kakama Unknown Unknown Bronze age Unknown
4 Hangi Bagabu Itwale Unknown Unknown Bronze age Unknown
5 Ira lya Hangi Bagabu Hangi Unknown Unknown bronze age Unknown
6 Kabengera Kazooba ka Hangi Bagabu Hangi Unknown Unknown Bronze age Unknown
7 Nyamuhanga Bagabu Kazooba Unknown Unknown Bronze age Unknown
8 Nkya I Bagabu Nyamuhanga Nyabagabe Unknown Late Bronze age Unknown
9 Nkya II Bagabu Nyaka I Unknown Unknown Late Bronze age Unknown
10 Baba Bagabu Nyka II Unknown Unknown Late Bronze age Unknown
11 Kamuli Bagabu Baba Unknown Unknown late Bronze age Unknown
12 Nseka Bagabu Kamuli Unknown Unknown late Bronze age Unknown
13 Kudidi Bagabu Nseka Unknown Unknown Iron age Unknown
14 Ntozi Bagabu Kudidi Unknown Unknown Early Iron age Unknown
15 Nyakahongerwa Bagabu Ntozi Unknown Unknown mid iron age Unknown
16 Mukonko Bagabu Nyakahongerwa Unknown Unknown Mid Iron age Unknown
17 Ngozaki Rutahinduka Bagabu Mukonko Unknown Unknown late Iron age Unknown
18 Isaza Waraga Rugambanabato Bagabu Ngozaki Rutahinduka Unknown Unknown late Iron age Unknown
19 Bukuku Omuranzi Baranzi Unknown Unknown Unknown Early Iron age Kisegwe kya Nyinamwiru, Birembo Sub County, Bugangaizi
20 Bachwezi (Reign of the demi-gods) Ndahura Kyarubumbi Bachwezi Isimbwa Unknown Unknown late bronze age Unknown
21 Mulindwa Nyabweliza Ngango Bachwezi Isimbwa Nyakwahya Basaigi late bronze age Unknown
22 Wamara Bwigunda Bachwezi Ndahura Nyante Unknown early bronze age Unknown

Timeline

Preceded by:

Succeeded by:

  • Bunyoro kingdom
  • Buganda kingdom
  • Tooro Kingdom
  • Busoga kingdom
  • Ankole kingdom
  • Kingdom of Rwenzururu
  • Kingdom of Rwanda
  • Kingdom of Burundi

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃweɪzi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪzi
  • IPA(key): /ˈkitɑrɑ/, [ˈkit̪ɑrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -itɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ki‧ta‧ra

Noun

Chwezi (plural only)

  1. A legendary African dynasty said to have ruled the Kitara empire.

Kitara can refer to:

  • Kitara, the nickname for the Sapporo Concert Hall.
  • Empire of Kitara, an East African empire founded by the dynasty of the Bachwezi.
  • Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara, an East African kingdom founded by the dynasty of the Babiito.
  • Kithara (musical instrument), ancient Greek lyre.
  • Kithara (Harry Partch), a third-bridge zither created by Harry Partch.
  • Misa Kitara, a guitar-shaped touchpad MIDI controller and musical instrument.
  • Runyakitara, a standardized language in Uganda.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Empire of Kitara: One of the oldest African Empires that existed since the early bronze age to date". https://theafricanhistory.com/1812. 
  2. ↑ Bernsten, Jan (1998-03-01). "Runyakitara: Uganda's 'New' Language". Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 19 (2): 93–107. doi:10.1080/01434639808666345. ISSN 0143-4632. 
  3. ↑ Stokes, Jamie (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, Volume 1. Infobase Publishing. pp. 506–509. 
  4. ↑ "AfriWetu Ep14 - Bachwezi Dynasty (Kitara Empire) - African Civilisation Series by AfriWetu". https://anchor.fm/afriwetu/episodes/AfriWetu-Ep14---Bachwezi-Dynasty-Kitara-Empire---African-Civilisation-Series-ejs4vm. 
  5. ↑ Tantala, Renee (1989). The early history of Kitara in Western Uganda: Process models of religious and political change. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 
  6. ↑ "Empire of Kitara: One of the oldest African Empires that existed since 900 AD to date". 2 May 2021. https://theafricanhistory.com/1812. 
  7. ↑ "The Bachwezi powers". https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/1515752. 
  8. ↑ "AfriWetu Ep15 - Origins of the Bachwezi - Legends Series by AfriWetu". https://anchor.fm/afriwetu/episodes/AfriWetu-Ep15---Origins-of-the-Bachwezi---Legends-Series-el0sfj. 
  9. ↑ "AfriWetu S2E20 - Queen Makeda of Sheba (Legends) by AfriWetu". https://anchor.fm/afriwetu/episodes/AfriWetu-S2E20---Queen-Makeda-of-Sheba-Legends-e1amk6f. 

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