The Tooro Kingdom is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Tooro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. King...
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IV (Tooro pronunciation: [ɾukiɾaβaséíd͡ʒa omukáma óːjo ɲíːmba kaβáːmba igúɾu ɾukídi]), commonly known as King Oyo, is the reigning Omukama of Tooro, in...
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Omukama wa Tooro (The King of Tooro) is the official title given to the king of Tooro in Uganda. The kingdom was founded in 1830 by Rukirabasaija Omukama...
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The Tooro people (/ˈtɔːroʊ/, Abatooro, IPA: [aβatóːɾo]), also known as Batooro or Toro people are a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom, a...
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Elizabeth of Tooro (Elizabeth Christobel Edith Bagaaya Akiiki; born 9 February 1936) was the Batebe (Princess Royal) of the Kingdom of Tooro until 12 September...
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Rwenzururu (redirect from Kingdom of Rwenzururu)
district in the 1950s, separate from the Tooro District. The movement declared that they were not part of the Tooro Kingdom on 30 June 1962, three months before...
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Tooro may refer to: Tooro Kingdom, a traditional kingdom of Uganda Tooro language, or Rutooro, a Bantu language of Uganda Tooro people, or Batooro, a...
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the Tooro people (Abatooro) from the Tooro Kingdom in western Uganda. There are three main areas where Tooro as a language is mainly used: Kabarole District...
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Kasusunkwanzi Olimi I was Omukama of the Tooro Kingdom, from around 1830 until around 1861. He was the first Omukama of Tooro. He was the eldest son of Rukirabasaija...
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History of East Africa (section Tooro Kingdom)
Gibe kingdoms to convert to Islam, quoting Major G.W. Harris as writing that by 1841 CE "in Goma the Moslem faith is universal." The Tooro Kingdom evolved...
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