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Title: | Sir Apolo Kagga and the pre-colonial history of Buganda |
Author: | Kiwanuka, M.S.M. |
Year: | 1966 |
Periodical: | Uganda Journal (ISSN 0041-574X) |
Volume: | 30 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 137-152 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Uganda |
Subjects: | history Buganda polity |
Abstract: | This analysis of Kiganda traditions as recorded by Kaggwa leads to the conclusion that enough evidence has been collected to demonstrate that Kaggwa can be trusted in much of what the wrote. Everyone interested in Buganda's past, be he an historian or not, will remain in Kaggwa's debt. His influence on Kiganda historiography has been tremendous, and it would be unwise today to accept any information independent of his. Kaggwa is interest as an historian was not confined to his own country, but also to the histories of Ankole, Bunyoro, Kooki and Toro. Herein lies Kaggwa's claim to the title of the father of historical writing in Uganda. Notes; tables. |