THE WAGANDA 



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Augustine of Uganda. King Karema left two sons, half-brothers 

 to each other ; one fell into the hands of the Mohammedans 

 and is the young Mohammedan Prince Ramazan of Uganda, 

 the other was brought up by the French missionaries and is the 

 young Roman Catholic Prince Joseph of Uganda. These two, 

 Princes Augustine and Joseph, are very simply dressed in a long 

 white garment, known as a "kanzu," and a red fez-cap. They 

 wear a small silver cross hanging from a silver chain. When I 

 saw them, Prince Augustine happened to fold his hands, and 

 the silver cross 

 accidentally fell 

 across them. 

 Under this em- 

 blem of the 

 Christian faith, 

 in distant Ugan- 

 da, the young 

 Princes have 

 buried the 

 family blood- 

 feud. Though 

 cousins, they 

 are more like 

 brothers to 

 each other ; 

 and no one can 

 foretell what 

 day the one or 

 the other may 



be called upon to ascend the throne of his ancestors. The 

 royal family of Uganda consists at present of ex-King Mwanga, 

 ex-King Mbogo, the baby-King Chua, and the Princes Ramazan, 

 Augustine, and Joseph. Mbogo has a child, the Princess Fatima, 

 but as Salic law governs the succession, neither she nor various 

 other princesses of the older line have any claim whatever to the 

 throne. 



On my third journey to Uganda I was requested by the 

 Government to take ex-King Mbogo with his family and 

 followers along with me from Mombasa. Lugard in his 

 historical book relates how the Mohammedan party in Uganda 

 had proclaimed Mbogo king, and how he managed to end 



THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRINCES AUGUSTINE AND JOSEPH 

 OF UGANDA. 



