List Of Great Lakes Of Africa Kingdoms
The Great Lake Kingdoms of Africa refers to the numerous kingdoms, in the great lakes region of Africa. These kingdoms had similar and yet sometimes distinct cultures, values and traditions. The Great Lakes Kingdoms, are found in East Africa and some parts of Central Africa. Mainly the kingdoms were in what is the present day Northwest Tanzania, South Uganda and some parts of Rwanda, and Eastern Congo.
This is a list of the historical kingdoms of the Great Lakes region of Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- Buganda
- Bunyoro
- Burundi
- Busoga
- Buvinza
- Buyungu
- Buzinza
- Gisaka
- Heru
- Igara
- Ihangiro
- Karagwe
- Kimwani
- Kiziba
- Kyamutwara
- Kyania
- Mpororo
- Mubari
- Muhambwe
- Nkore
- Rwanda
- Ruguru
- Rusubi
- Toro
Some of the kingdoms include the Bunyoro-Kitara kingdoms and below is a section about the Nkore, Karagwe and Buhaya/Kiziba kingdoms
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