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The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Pre-colonial Authority

Those Who Came Before Us
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Send us Fan Mail The following episode is an examination of the kingship and authority in the pre-colonial Bunyoro state. Sources John Beattie, Bunyoro; An African Kingdom (New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc, 1960) p181, J.W. Nyakatura, Anatomy of an African Kingdom (New York: Nok Publishers, 1973) p26 Yolamu Ndoleriire Nsamba, Mystique In Sovereign Headgear (Wandsbeck: Reach Publishers, 2016), p 93,105,118,119,122 Shane Doyle, Crisis & Decline in Bunyoro; Population & Environment in Western Uganda 1860 - 1955, (Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2006) p 14 - 15 John Beattie, The Nyoro State (London: Oxford University Press, 1971) p96- 120, 124-141

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