The Uganda Martyrs incident that resulted in the deaths of 45 christian converts in 1886 is widely known to christians worldwide.
Unbeknownst to many, there is another martyrdom incident that occurred 10 or so years prior. In fact, there are 2 events that interestingly happened around the same time.
These obscure episodes in Buganda and African history ironically feed into each other and are what I present today.
This was a really fascinating story for me to learn about.
Just to be clear, I do not claim that Kabaka Muteesa 1, who is responsible for the killings, to be a death diety. Rather, I am simply making a comparison between the power over life and death that Muteesa had, to that of the grim reaper.
Corrections
Min 15:50:10 - Meant to say King's Uncle
Min 33:32:13 - Meant to say some Basoga not Baganda.
Youtube Video Link
https://youtu.be/-zhiX9O54wY
Enjoy!!
Sources
ABK Kasozi, “The Spread of Islam in Uganda 1844 -1945” PHD Thesis presented at University of California, Santa Cruz 1974.
Ahmed Katumba and F.B Welbourn, “Muslims Martyrs of Buganda” Uganda Journal 28 1964 (151 - 163) https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00080855/00073/39x
Arye Oded, “Islam in uganda: Islamization through a centralized state in pre-colonial Africa” Israel Universities Press, Jerusalem 1974.
C.F. Holmes, “Zanzibar Influence at the Southern End of Lake Victoria: The Lake Route”
African Historical Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3 (1971), pp. 477-503.
Ham Mukasa, “Backward Never Forward Ever”, Translation of the book “Simuda Nyuma” by Francis J.N. Batte, Hamu Mukasa Foundation 2012.
Laurence Schiller, “The Royal Women of Buganda” The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 23, No. 3 (1990), pp. 455-473
Venny M.Nakazibwe, “ Bark-cloth Of The Baganda People Of Southern Uganda: A Record Of Continuity And Change From The Late Eighteenth Century To The Early Twenty First Century, (Middlesex University, 2005) (Pg, 130 - 133)
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H.M Stanley book https://archive.org/stream/stanleysdespatch00stan/stanleysdespatch00stan_djvu.txt
https://www.deseret.com/2016/10/1/20597261/the-opening-of-the-quran/
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