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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.
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