African History: Busiki & Busambira states of Busoga, Uganda

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Busiki and Busambira are among the many small nations that came under the umbrella of the current Busoga kingdom.
Unlike most of the well known busoga states ruled by the AbaiseNgobi clan, these 2 are headed by the lesser known AbaiseIgaga clan.
Follow me as I talk about their pre-colonial history starting with their founder the meat giver Nemwe all the way to the end of the 1900s when they were incorporated into the Busoga Kingdom and largely the nation of Uganda.
If you prefer to watch, check out the youtube channel link below.

https://youtube.com/@thosewhocamebeforeus9326?si=C87e33Dsnsi1NJMO

Words to note.
Kisiki/Kisiginyi: Leader of the Busiki State

Kisambira: Leader of the Busambira State

Kabaka: Leader of the Buganda state.

Naminha: Leader of the AbaiseNaminha Clan

Igulu: Leader of the AbaiseIgulu Clan

Please see sources below.

SOURCES

David William Cohen, “Emergence and Crisis: The States of Northern Busoga in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries” , in D. DENOON, ed., History of Uganda, vol. II (Nairobi: East African Publishing House).

David William Cohen, “The Historical Tradition of Busoga; Mukama and Kintu” ( London: Clarendon Press, 1972)

Minah Nabirye and Gilles-Maurice De Schryver, “Enkaana” , Fieldwork Texts Compiled by David William Cohen on the history of the Basoga people, (Kampala, Menha Publishers, 2022) Text 64, 68, 71, 76, 77, 78, 79

Federick Peter Batala-Nayenga, “An Economic History of the Lacustrine States of Busoga, Uganda: 1750-1939” ( University of Michigan, 1976)

William FitzSimons, “Warfare, Competition, and the Durability of Political  Smallness in Nineteenth Century” Journal of African History ( Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Y.K. Lubogo ESQ, “History of Busoga”(Kisubi,Uganda: Marianum Press Ltd, 2020)(Translated and reprint from original written in Luganda)