IDNO

P.61117.ACH2

Description

Kabaka of Uganda, probably Captain Sir Daudi Chwa II, KCMG, KBE, his mother, brother and sister. [JD 02/02/2017]

Place

E Africa; Uganda; Buganda; Mengo Hill

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Captain Sir Daudi Chwa II, KCMG, KBE, Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1897 until 1939

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1900 - 1905

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.61109. ACH2 to P.61122.ACH2 were found in envelope now numbered C280/4/2/. This envelope was found in drawer four of the green cabinet. The entire cabinet was previously numbered as “batch 151” and is now re-numbered C280/ by the transcriber.

Named Person: The boy named as the 'Kabaka of Uganda' is probably Captain Sir Daudi Chwa II, KCMG, KBE, who was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1897 until 1939. He was the 34th Kabaka of Buganda. He was born on 8 August 1896, at Mengo. He was the fifth son of Kabaka Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa, Kabaka of Buganda, between 1884 and 1888 and between 1889 and 1897. He ascended to the throne in August 1897, following the deposition of his father by British Forces. At the time of his coronation, he was only one year old. He maintained his capital at Mengo Hill. He was educated at Kings College Budo. [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daudi_Cwa_II_of_Buganda, JD 12/12/2012]