Ganda people

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The Ganda people, also known as the Baganda, are the largest ethnic group in Uganda, centered in the Buganda kingdom and influential in the country’s cultural and political history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ganda people canonical 2
Baganda women 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Baganda ⓘ
associatedCity Kampala ⓘ
associatedLake Lake Victoria ⓘ
capitalRegion Kampala ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
colonialHistory Buganda became a British protectorate in the late 19th century ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
culturalRegion Great Lakes region of Africa ⓘ
demonym Muganda ⓘ
ethnonymInLuganda Baganda ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Luganda ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
marriageCustom bridewealth payments ⓘ
nativeTo Buganda ⓘ
notableClan Ffumbe clan ⓘ
Lugave clan ⓘ
Ngabi clan ⓘ
notableHeritageSite Kasubi Tombs ⓘ
numberOfClans over 50 clans ⓘ
pluralForm Baganda ⓘ
politicalInfluence major influence in pre-independence Ugandan politics ⓘ
significant role in post-independence Ugandan politics ⓘ
populationStatus largest ethnic group in Uganda ⓘ
region Central Region of Uganda ⓘ
singularEthnonymInLuganda Muganda ⓘ
stapleFood matooke ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture grass-thatched domed houses ⓘ
traditionalCraft barkcloth making ⓘ
traditionalDance baakisiimba ⓘ
muwogola ⓘ
nnankasa ⓘ
traditionalEconomy banana cultivation ⓘ
traditionalInstrument amadinda xylophone ⓘ
endongo lyre ⓘ
engalabi drum ⓘ
traditionalKingdom Buganda Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Buganda
traditionalLaw customary clan-based law ⓘ
traditionalMusic drumming ⓘ
traditionalParliament Lukiiko ⓘ
traditionalPrimeMinisterTitle Katikkiro ⓘ
traditionalReligion Balubaale worship ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Kabaka ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Kasubi Tombs World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Kasubi Tombs
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yusuf Lule → ethnicGroup → Ganda people ⓘ
Flag of Buganda → associatedWith → Ganda people ⓘ
gomesi → wornBy → Baganda women ⓘ
linked to: Ganda people