Thursday, October 18, 2012

Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa Born October 18th

Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa was born on October 18th, 1868 in Nakawa, an area that is now part of Kampala, Uganda. He was Kabaka or king from 1884 until 1888 and from 1889 until 1897 of Bugunda, which is modern day Uganda. Mwanga had sixteen wives and he also expected his male pages to submit to his sexual desires. In the period between 1885 and 1887 forty five of his pages refused to submit and were put to death.

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