682 BANTU NEGROES 



Namugara. 



Kiawago. 



Junju. 



Semakokiro. 



Kamanya II. 



Suna II. 



Mutesa ("The Measurer"). 



Mwanga II. (deposed). 



Kiwewa (killed). 



Karema ,, 



[Mwanga II. (restored)]. 



Daudi Chua (a minor). 



Apolo Kagwa > 



Mugwanya , s regents. 



Zakaria Kangawo / 



According to tradition, Kimera, the founder of the Uganda dynasty, 

 laid down the constitution of the kingdom and its main features as it 

 exists at the present day. He ordained that his descendants, who were 

 numerous (for he kept a large harim), should bear the special title of 

 " Balangira," or princes, and this title is always given now to the 

 descendants of the royal house. " Bambeja " is the term applied to the 

 princesses of the royal family. From amongst the warriors who had 

 helped him he created a peerage of barons styled " Bakungu." Next in 

 rank to the " Bakungu," who have become an aristocracy, are placed the 

 " Batongoli," a sort of upper middle class of minor functionaries who are 

 recruited from the ranks of the " Bakopi," or peasants.* Kimera, the 

 Hima founder of the Uganda dynasty, also brought with him into that 

 country the practice initiated by the Gala conquerors of Unyoro and 

 Ankole of founding a court of officials round the person of the sovereign. 

 Some of these dignities subsequently became hereditary, because they were 

 conferred on the conquered or feudatory princes of outlying districts, such 

 as Buddu and Kiagwe. Thus the " Pokino," or governor of Buddu (though 

 the present occupant of the post may be descended from a Muganda who 

 replaced the hereditary prince of Buddu), is considered to be an heredi- 

 tary title. The governor of Kiagwe is called the " Sekibobo.*' The 

 " Kangawo " (governor of Bulemezi), the " Kitunzi," " Luwekula," and 

 other dignitaries became the governors of provinces — " Abamasadza " — 



* Some authorities on Uganda are of opinion that the word " Bakopi," which is 

 applied to the mass of the population, the peasant cultivator class, at the present 

 day, was the name of an aboriginal population which inhabited Uganda and Unyoro 

 in ancient times, and which was conquered and enslaved by the original Bantu 

 invaders and again by the Hamites. In Unyoro the root "-kopi" becomes "-chiope." 

 It is the name at the present day of a large tribe in the north of Unyoro, and the 

 word reappears in similar forms to the west of Lake Albert. 



