Kitara (sometimes spelt as Kittara or Kitwara, also known as the Chwezi Empire) was a legendary state that covered significant parts of the Rwenzori region...

Kitara can refer to: Kitara, the nickname for the Sapporo Concert Hall. Empire of Kitara, a legendary East African empire founded by the Tembuzi dynasty...

last emperor of the Empire of Kitara. His mother was known as Njunaki and was a servant in the king's palace. During the collapse of the empire, the throne...

kingdom of Bunyoro was established in the early 14th century by Rukidi-Mpuga after the dissolution of the Empire of Kitara. The founders of Bunyoro-Kitara were...

Merowe/Meroe Empire. Not to be confused with Ancient Meroe. Kingdom of Mapungubwe Rozvi Empire Torwa Empire Xhosa Kingdom The Empire of Kitara in the area of the...

May 2015. Collins & Burns (2007), pp. 122–123. "Empire of Kitara: One of the oldest African Empires that existed since 900 AD to date". Theafricanhistory...

forests of Uganda were gradually cleared for agriculture by people who probably spoke Central Sudanic languages. The Empire of Kitara grew out of the Urewe...

such as the Empire of Kitara. The arrival of Arab traders in the 1830s and British explorers in the late 19th century, marked the beginning of foreign influence...

to 1446. He is descended from the Bachwezi Dynasty of the Empire of Kitara. Ruhinda was a son of Ndahura, the last Chwezi king. Stewart, John (1989)...

Kingdom, Empire of Kitara, Butooro, Bunyoro, Buganda, Busoga, Rwanda, Burundi, Ankole, the Kingdom of Mpororo, the Kingdom of Igara, the Kingdom of Kooki...

states such as the Kingdom of Kongo in the Congo Basin, the Empire of Kitara in the African Great Lakes, the Luba Empire in the Upemba Depression, the...

over the Empire of Kitara in 1570 Moroccan war of succession (1554), after the death of Sultan Ahmad of the Wattasid dynasty Moroccan war of succession...

should be his successor. This led to a devastating war of succession in the Empire of Kitara. Normally, such wars to determine a legitimate successor...

the Empire of Kitara, an empire in the Great Lakes region that existed from around the 10th century to 15th century AD. Following the spread of Islam...

Mubito prince of Bwohe. Bwohe was a part of the Bunyoro-Kitara dynasty who with his followers broke away from the larger Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom and created...

attached to any modern ethnic group but to the cultural heirs of the Empire of Kitara, was popularised to refer to the whole language cluster as well...

Runyankore and Ruhaya. The language group takes its name from the Empire of Kitara. Rutara is divided into two branches, North and South Rutara: North...

parts of Central Africa, in what is present-day northwest Tanzania, south Uganda, some parts of Rwanda, Burundi and Eastern Congo. Empire of Kitara/Bachwezi...

(Galla) of Ethiopia.: 528  In his Theory of Conquest of Inferior by Superior Races (1863), Speke would also attempt to outline how the Empire of Kitara in...

describing wars of succession amongst the Banyoro people in the Empire of Kitara According to Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch (1988), wars of succession were...

the area of Bunyoro. These Luo settled with the Bantu and established the Babiito dynasty, replacing the Bachwezi dynasty of the Empire of Kitara. According...

Kingdom of Kongo, and eastward to the Great Lakes region, forming the Urewe culture, which would lay the foundations for the Empire of Kitara, later producing...

near the Katonga River. These earthworks have been attributed to the Empire of Kitara. The most famous, Bigo bya Mugenyi, is about 4 square miles (10 km2)...

Further east, the Luba Empire was founded in the Upemba Depression in the 15th century. In the northern Great Lakes, the Empire of Kitara rose around the 11th...

given a name. They were introduced after the Biito clan conquered the Empire of Kitara, and are nowadays used as a respectful and endearing way to refer to...

mythology, Ruhanga is considered to be the founder of the Batembuzi dynasty of the Empire of Kitara. Ruhanga created the first three human beings from...

itself overtaken in trade by its rival, the Kingdom of Mutapa. Towards the north, the Empire of Kitara dominated the African Great Lakes in the fourteenth...

(Galla) of Ethiopia. In his Theory of Conquest of Inferior by Superior Races (1863), Speke would also attempt to outline how the Empire of Kitara in the...

This is a list of all present sovereign states in Africa and their predecessors. The region of Africa is generally defined geographically to include the...

(Omukama Omubiito) of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom in present day western Uganda and the twin brother of Kato Kimera, the first Biito king of Muhwahwa (now Buganda)...