Medieval Uganda

Medieval Uganda

Uganda was once home to several prominent kingdoms. Not least among these kingdoms was Buganda, located on the fertile shore of Lake Victoria, centered on the city of Kampala. In 1830 the region of Uganda fell under the control of Arabs from the sultanate of Oman. Within several decades British explorers arrived. The British established mission stations in 1877. Muslims destroyed the mission stations & occupied Kampala in 1888. [BM] {UA}