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12 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Throughout the 1890s & early 1900s, CMS missionaries busied themselves w/ producing images & photographs for British and African consumers. Here, we have one of the earliest representations of Nabakyala Muganzirwazza, & what were likely women in the court preparing for baptism.
Both images were circulated in 1894.

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Did Kabaka Muteesa II have a weapons cache in the palace in 1966? This question continues to be hotly disputed by historians and partisans. New evidence complicates this topic even further. 1/
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Daudi Chwa (1896–1939) was, I believe, Kabaka Mwanga’s youngest son (pictured here at 7). In the early 1900s, he was placed under the well-studied regency of the Katikkiro, Omulamuzi, and Omuwanika. But Chwa himself has remained largely understudied. 1/6
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