Mwami (pronounced [mwɑmi, mŋɑmi]) is an honorific title common in parts of Central and East Africa. The title means chief or tribal chief in several Bantu...

Mwami is an honorific title common in parts of Central and East Africa. Mwami may also refer to: Mwami, Zambia, a town in Zambia Mwami, Zimbabwe, a town...

Mwami is a town in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The town lies at the international border with Malawi, adjacent to the Malawian city of Mchinji. The...

Mwami is a settlement in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. Mwami is located approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi), by road, north-east of Karoi...

of kings of Rwanda. The Kingdom of Rwanda was ruled by sovereigns titled mwami (plural abami), and was one of the oldest and the most centralized kingdoms...

Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo was the king of Burundi. He ascended to the throne c.1735-1739 and ruled until his death in 1767. He succeeded king...

kingdom was possibly founded in the 16th century. Its rulers were known as mwami (kings), similarly to the monarchs of other regional states. Accounts of...

Kigeli IV Rwabugiri (1840? - September 1895) was the king (mwami) of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya...

King Mwami Mwezi IV Gisabo Bikata-Bijoga (c. 1840–1908) was the last independent ruler of Burundi before its colonization by the German Empire. He ascended...

the modern-day Republic of Burundi. The Ganwa monarchs (with the title of mwami) ruled over both Hutus and Tutsis. Created in the 16th century, the kingdom...

African drum. It was the main symbol of Burundi and its Mwami (King) and had semi-divine status. The Mwami was said to interpret the beatings of the karyenda...

inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms. In the 19th century, Mwami (king) Rwabugiri of the Kingdom of Rwanda conducted a decades-long process...

of the population, were mostly free peasants while the kings, known as Mwami, were exclusively Tutsis of the Nyiginya clan. Certainly some Hutus were...

allocated power over the land while the other oversaw cattle. The king (mwami) exercised control through a system of provinces, districts, hills, and...

is used only for ceremonial occasions. The Garanganze still maintain the Mwami Mwenda chieftainship at Bunkeya, after it was exiled by the Belgian colonial...

Ndahindurwa; 29 June 1936 – 16 October 2016) was the last ruling King (Mwami) of Rwanda, from 28 July 1959 until the end of the UN-mandate with Belgian...

(born Charles Ndizeye; 2 December 1947 – 29 April 1972) was the last king (mwami) of Burundi, reigning from July to November 1966. Until his accession, he...

retained as part of the German policy of indirect rule, with the Ruandan king (mwami) Yuhi V Musinga using German support to consolidate his control over subordinate...

the Kingdom of Burundi and remained as capital of the kings of Burundi (mwami) until 1966.[citation needed] The Germans founded the town of Gitega in...

1767 to 1796. His only son was Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba. He succeeded Mwami Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo. Eggers, Ellen K. (2006). Historical Dictionary...

princes beneath him; succession struggles were common. The king, known as the mwami (translated as ruler) headed a princely aristocracy (ganwa) which owned...

Nsoro II Semugeshi was Mwami of the Kingdom of Rwanda during the 17th century. Jan Vansina proposed that the name of this mwami within the royal genealogy...

births, funerals, and coronations of mwami (Kings). Drums (called karyenda) are sacred in Burundi, and represent the mwami, fertility and regeneration. The...

8. Mwezi IV, Sultan and Mwami of Burundi 4. Mutaga IV, Sultan and Mwami of Burundi 9. Vyano, of the Bunyakarama clan 2. Prince Ignace Katamari of Burundi...

governed by the Hunde people. The traditional chieftain, referred to as the "Mwami," is highly respected and plays a crucial role in maintaining law and order...

is the Rwandan chief of the Abiru, hereditary privy councillors to the Mwami of Rwanda. A member of a family of royal historians, Benzinge was a courtier...

modern genealogy. The Kingdom of Burundi was ruled by sovereigns, titled mwami (plural abami), whose regnal names followed a cycle: Ntare (meaning 'lion')...

Gisaka. The formation of a new Rwandan dynasty in the 17th century by the mwami (king), Ruganzu II Ndoli, followed by eastward invasions and the conquest...

translated as "king" Khan Archon Basileus Lugal Kabaka Mepe (title) Malik/Melekh Mwami Negus Oba Raja Rex (king) Rí Tlatoani Shah Tagavor The notion of a king...

of Burundi from 21 August 1908 until 30 November 1915. He was the son of Mwami Mwezi IV. He inherited the throne at the age of 15, after his father died...