Chwa I Nabakka (also spelt as Ccwa) was Kabaka (King) of the Kingdom of Buganda. He reigned during the mid 14th century. He was the 2nd Kabaka of Buganda.[citation needed]

Ssekabaka Chwa I Nabakka
Kabaka of Buganda
ReignMid 14th Century
PredecessorKintu of Buganda
SuccessorKimera of Buganda
BornUganda
DiedLate 14th Century
Unknown
Burial
Unknown
Spouse1. Lady Nabukalu
2. Lady Nakku
2. Lady Namagembe
FatherKintu of Buganda
MotherNamasole Nambi Nantuttululu

Claim to the throne edit

He was the son of Kabaka Kato Kintu,[1] the first Kabaka of Buganda, who reigned in the early 14th century. His mother was Nambi Nantuttululu, of the Ngeye Clan. He ascended to the throne following the death of his father. He established his capital at Bigo Hill.[citation needed]

Marital life edit

He married two wives:[2]

  • Naabakyaala Nakku, the Kaddulubaale, daughter of Walusimbi of the Ffumbe clan. After the death of Kabaka Chwa I, she married Sebwaana, a Regent.
  • Nakiwala, daughter of Semwanga, of the Ngonge clan.

Issue edit

The final years edit

Kabaka Kintu abdicated and settled in Magonga. He is said to have disappeared. To this day, his place of death and burial are unknown.[citation needed] Following his death, there followed a period of Interregnum under the Prime Ministers Walusimbi and his successor, Sebwaana. This period lasted until 1374.[citation needed]

Succession table edit

Preceded by King of Buganda
mid fourteenth century
Succeeded by

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ shaping the Society Christianity and Culiture: Special Reference to the African Culture of Buganda, Author House, 2012, p. 94
  2. ^ Kaggwa, Apollo; Kalibala, Ernest B. (1934). The Customs of the Baganda. p. 19.

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