Mwanga II.

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King Mwanga II

Palace of King Mwanga II

Mwanga II. Basammula Ekkere (* 1868 , † 1903 ) was the last king ( Kabaka ) of the independent Buganda .

Mwanga ascended the throne after the death of his father Mutesa I in 1884. While his father was anxious to balance the forces of the Catholic and Anglican missionaries who were now increasingly coming to the country and to play them off against each other, the young and unsteady Mwanga appeared more aggressive. He had many Christians persecuted, for example the royal pages around Karl Lwanga , who converted to Christianity , and the Anglican Archbishop James Hannington , who came to the country in 1885, was murdered on the border with Buganda.

This led to a civil war in the course of which Mwanga was deposed after a battle near Mengo in 1888 and replaced by his half-brother Kiwewa Mutebi II, who was supported by the British . Mwanga fled to Ukumbi to meet Catholic missionaries and was baptized there.

An attempt to drag Mwanga into German colonial interests failed because the so-called Uganda Treaty between Mwanga and Carl Peters was not ratified by Germany. After Mwanga had instead signed a protection treaty with Frederick Lugard of the Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) in 1890, the British changed support and Mwanga ascended the throne again after Kalema held the throne for a short time . Under the direction of Sir Gerald Portal , Great Britain declared Uganda a protectorate and an extended protection treaty was concluded with Mwanga, which bound Buganda even more closely to Great Britain, which also took over the administration of the area, but which Kabaka initially confirmed as sovereign. In this contract, however, Mwanga also had to grant military support for Portal's plans to subdue the kingdoms of Toro , Ankole , Busoga and Bunyoro .

After Mwange's influence had declined over time, he was solemnly dethroned by the English on August 14, 1897 in the presence of 69 chiefs. An attempt to regain power failed miserably. On January 15, 1898, he was defeated by the British at Kislaira . The throne of Buganda, vacant after the escape, was occupied by the only one-year-old son Mwangas Daudi Chwa II , whose official business was carried out by three ministers appointed by the British. Mwanga himself was exiled to the Seychelles in 1899 , where he died in 1903. He was later buried in the Kasubi Tombs .

While his tyrannical nature was revealed to his subjects, the Europeans praised him for pleasant manners, a fairly developed intelligence and willingness to learn. Mwanga was able to read and write.

predecessor	Office	successor
Mutesa I.	Kabaka by Buganda 1884–1888	Kiwewa Mutebi II.
Kalema	Kabaka by Buganda 1889–1897	Daudi Chwa II.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Old and New World; Illustrated Catholic family sheet for entertainment and instruction, 33rd year, anthology 1898/99, 8th issue, page 502 f.