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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
V 
The Baganda are now almost completely converted to 
Christianity either in its Protestant or Eoman Catholic 
form. Some are Mahomedans. In the revengeful 
religious wars which took place in Uganda during the 
reign of Mwanga the zeal of the converted natives was 
similar to that of English Protestants in Mary’s reign, 
and “ it carried many Baganda to martyrdom.” 
The natives of Uganda are known as Baganda, but 
one of the race would be called Muganda ; the 
language is known as Kiganda. It is important to 
keep these rules in mind. For example the islanders 
of Bavuma are the Wavuma, those of Sesse islands, 
Basesse; and the inhabitants of the great island of 
Ukerewe, Wakerewe. In the same way, in the East 
Africa Protectorate, Wakikuyu signifies the natives of 
Kikuyu, and the Wakamba live in the district of 
Ukamba. 
The Baganda differ in many ways from ordinary 
Africans. Their faces are very black, but they have a 
mild and inofiensive appearance. They are clothed 
with garments made of bark cloth, but many native 
Christians, men and women, wear a long white calico 
garment, not unlike a nightgown, called a kansu, 
and wear sandals of stiff ox-hide made to fit the feet. 
The Baganda live in comfortable houses built of 
wood and dried grass : the interior of such houses is 
divided into suitable apartments for the members of 
the families who use them. They cultivate beans, 
sugar-cane, sweet potatoes, coffee, and bananas; the 
coffee is not drunk as a decoction, but the berries are 
eaten. 
Though possessing cattle the Baganda live mainly on 
bananas, which grow luxuriantly in Uganda and on 
fish from the lake which are caught in weir baskets. 
These people make earthenware vessels, pipes, spoons, 
musical instruments, such as guitars and especially 
drums, spears, shields, and various things which they 
