Nnabagereka of Buganda
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The Nnabagereka is the title for the Queen
of the Kingdom of Buganda
, a tribal kingdom in modern day Uganda
. The current Nnabagereka is Sylvia Nagginda.
This title is a relatively recent one, created in the 20th century. In the old Buganda tradition the leading ladies in the nation were the King's mother ( The Nnamasole, or Queen mother ) and one of his sisters (the Lubuga, or Queen sister). Each of these two ladies had her own compound in the royal palace and in some reigns one or the other had substantial political influence. The king's principal wife had the title of Kaddulubaale, a title that was also held by the principal wife in any household in the kingdom.
King Chwa II,(reigned 1899-1939) was the first king whose wife, Lady Irene Nnamaganda, was the susbstatinve First lady in the kingdom. The name Nnabagereka, a girl's name from the Mushroom clan, was adopted by him as the first lady's title.
Reference: The Baganda by John Roscoe, pub by Frank Cass, London.
Queen regnant
A queen regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king. An empress regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over an empire....
of the Kingdom of Buganda
Buganda
Buganda is a subnational kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Ganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda, comprising all of Uganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala, with the exception of the disputed eastern Kayunga District...
, a tribal kingdom in modern day Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. The current Nnabagereka is Sylvia Nagginda.
This title is a relatively recent one, created in the 20th century. In the old Buganda tradition the leading ladies in the nation were the King's mother ( The Nnamasole, or Queen mother ) and one of his sisters (the Lubuga, or Queen sister). Each of these two ladies had her own compound in the royal palace and in some reigns one or the other had substantial political influence. The king's principal wife had the title of Kaddulubaale, a title that was also held by the principal wife in any household in the kingdom.
King Chwa II,(reigned 1899-1939) was the first king whose wife, Lady Irene Nnamaganda, was the susbstatinve First lady in the kingdom. The name Nnabagereka, a girl's name from the Mushroom clan, was adopted by him as the first lady's title.
Reference: The Baganda by John Roscoe, pub by Frank Cass, London.