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Basamya tribe

The basamya is among eastern tribes in Uganda. They speak lusamya as their native language. They belong to Bantu group of people. Who are believed to have migrated from Congo basin. The came to settle in eastern from west. The basamya practice subsistence farming. Mainly the produce is for home consumption. They also rear goats, pigs, rabbits and others. They used to wear skins and hides from livestock. The samya still perform barbaric female genital mutilation. This has brought about females childlessness.

The bahire dynasty

The bahire is a tribe found in northern region of Tanzania. The are a hospitable type of people locate in jagera region. They practice mixed farming though on small scale. They poses Longhorn cattle. they also grow serial crops like millet, sorghum, maize, beans and others. Sorghum is used to make local bear called pombe. They used to live in home steady. Huts of mud we're constructed for settlement. They also believed in gods. They had gods of rains, lakes and rivers and others. They also believed in ancestral spirits.

BANYARWANDA

The  banyarwanda They belong to the humites  group of people who are believed to have originated from Ethiopia in the 16th century. The banyarwa are currently recognized as a tribe in Uganda. They came in Uganda in 1950s after the crisis brought about by the death of of Mwami Mutara ll  . his death made the ruling tribe of the batusi over the batwa and the bahutu which are subtribes of the bannyarwanda

Bakonzo/ banande

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THE BAKONZO/BANANDE These live in western Uganda and east of Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a centralized tribe. In Uganda they live along mountain rwenzori slopes. They occupy districts of kabalole, bundibugyo and kasese. They carry out subsistence farming and fruit gathering together with hunting to supliment their dirty. The bakonzo are under rwenzuru kingdom under making known as omumbere. The bakonzo are a Bantu tribe therefore speak the NTU language. The bakonzo are very short type of people known as pigmies. They also carry fire wood on their backs tying a string on head.

The origin of karimajong and their life style

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The karimajong It is believed that they originated from south of Ethiopia. It is believed that they belonged to a large group of wanderers known as the Jie. The karimajong are a pastoral group that settled in north eastern Uganda. They broke away from the Jie and settled north eastern Uganda saying that "the elders are tired" and were named the karimajong. The karimajong are a hostile group of people in north eastern Uganda. They poses guns that they use to raid the Masai and turkana pastoralists in northern Kenya. They are a primitive tribe. They believe that every cattle in the world belongs to them. Therefore they capture every cattle they come upon  as they graze. They in districts such as Kotido, Kabong, moroto, and others. with observation from the images karimajong s manage the life stile. The karimajong  are specifically pastoralists not farmers. They construct temporary houses. Mud hhuts and grass thatched.

Bagisu tribe and embalu ( circumscion ritual)

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The Bagisu It one of  Ugandan tribes in east. They live along mountain Elgon (masaba). It is said that they were ancestors of kintu. They practice agriculture for their servival. The favorite dish of the Bagisu is amalewa ( a certain type of mountain bamboo). The are home welcoming, social in nature. They believed in local gods for example they worshiped mountain Elgon. The Bagisu perform initiation ceremony to prove manhood. Youth of 18 years and above under go circumscition (embalu). This is done by local surgeons using knives to cut off foreskin. Before the candidates dance local dance called kadodi throughout night to morning when circumscition is done after embalu is cut the candidate is ready for marriage. For a man to marry among the Bagisu has to circumscise. a local surgeon practising embalu  Mbale is a hometown of the Bagisu. circumcision (imbalu), a ritual practiced by the bagisu. They are classified into two groups bamasaba and bakusu. Bagisu areone of Ban...

Basoga

The Basoga It is a tribe found in central Uganda. They speak lusoga as their language. They have a cultural leader known as kyabazinga ( king) and sub chiefs governing local villages they also carry out subsistence farming mainly for home consumption. They live chiefdom administration.

Banyankore

The Banyankore This is another tribe in Western Uganda . it's commercial activity is cattle rearing and some cultivation done on a small scale. The banyankore rear long horn cattle. The cattle one poses makes him  wealth among them. They used cattle as dowry. One to marry has to pay a number of cattle heads to the Bride's family. The banyankore are sub divided into two, ie the Bahima ( herdsmen) and the biru ( farmers) The banyankole hard a king known as omugabe. The king hard supreme powers over his subjects. It is said that the omugabe could rest his spear in his subject' feet. It is also said that the omugabe Ku spit in his subject's mouth. The banyankore process ghee/ butter from milk. butter would be used in every dish. Some of banyankore fishes are ishabwe, etc.......

Acholi

 The Acholi. The are located in northern Uganda. They are ancestors of Gipili, Labongo and lumu. The three were brothers who originated from south Sudan. The three brothers arrived at pubungu in northern Uganda where they settled. Chaos came when Gipili' son swallowed Labongo's bead. The two brothers dispersed at pubungu and took different directions

Bakiga

The bakiga It is among small tribes in Uganda. It dominates south west of Uganda. The bakiga speak lukiga as their ancestry language. The bakiga are hospital in nature though rough while speaking. There more of commanding than requesting. They carry out subsistence farming. They grow crops like sorghum, millet, banana, and others

Iteso and their way of life. Origins , political and social affairs.

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THE ITESO It is one of the largest tribe in eastern Uganda. It is commonly know for cattle rearing. They are believed to have originated from south of Ethiopia and Sudan . itesos also practice some small scale farming. They mainly plant serial crops like millet, sorghum and vegetables. They used to wear skins and hides. they also hunt wild animals to support their deity. Also fruit gathering is done to supplement on their subsistence farm production. The iteso were wonderers by the end of seventeenth century. Nowadays itesos are settled in Eastern Uganda . they occupy districts such as pallisa, soroti, and others.they are a decentralized tribe. Under chiefs governing over small communities. Iteso are hospital in nature. Iteso have ancestral gods they believe in. These were believed to be with supreme powers over the iteso. They used to sacrifice cattle and goats for blessings and rains. The iteso speak iteso as their language. iteso traditional dance

Baganda's political, religious, social setup and origin of Buganda kingdom

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Baganda culture It is one of the famous cultures in Uganda. People with in this culture are hospital to whoever Vist them. The baganda are the most organised group of people in Uganda. There under kingdom leadership structure. The king "kabaka" has supreme power over his subjects. Under kabaka muteesa1 Buganda invited the British colonists intending to eradicated illiteracy among the baganda as explores had explained to him. He accepted the arrival of British colonists. The baganda didn't fight colonist due to their hospitality. The baganda under the kabaka are organised under clans. Clan leaders are known as " owakasolya". http://en.m.wikipedia.org>wiki>buganda.ug . the baganda name children after their ancestors, events,time and others. The baga worship traditional gods for instance muwanga , dungu, mukasa, kiwanuka, and others. Muwanga is for children, mukasa for rainfall, dungu for hunters, kiwanuka for thunder. Baganda's economic activity is ...

African culture

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African culture Africa is one of the bigest continents that make up the world. Africa pose's a variety of cultures that varry according regions, fore instance geographic locations favour certain cultures in africa, temperature ratios also determine existence of certain cultures, vegetation types also enables existence of some cultures in africa. Cultures are determined by tribes, for example baganda, batwa, bakiga, banyankore, bagisu, karamajong, luo, iteso, basoga, basongola, bamoli, batoro,samya, sebei, badama, acholi, and others. All of the mentioned tribes are in Uganda but the cultures defer.