Ganda (Baganda) - the Bantus people living in southern Uganda , mainly in the ethnic subregion and the historical land of Buganda - in the Central (metropolitan) region of Uganda .
| Ganda | |
|---|---|
| Modern self-name | baganda |
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: 4,200,000 | |
 Uganda - 4,126,370 (2002, census) [1] | |
| Language | luganda (ganda) |
| Religion | Christianity ( Protestantism and Catholicism ), Muslims . |
| Included in | Bantu |
According to the 2002 census, the number of gandas is 4,126,370, being the largest ethnic group in Uganda and making up 17.4% of the country's population. [1] They speak the Luganda language, which belongs to the Bantu languages . A significant part of the gang profess Christianity ( Protestantism and Catholicism ), there are Muslims . Part retains traditional local beliefs.
Kinship is counted by father. Ganda society is organized according to the clan system ; clans are divided into childbirth. Marriages within the clan are prohibited. The leaders of the clans can convene a council consisting of the heads of individual clans.
They are engaged in agriculture, grow cotton , cassava , sweet potato , bananas .
They constituted the ethnic basis of the state of Buganda (from the 15th century ).
Literature
- Ishmael, GC, Old Customs of the Baganda // Man , Vol. 10, 1910, pp. 38-43.
- Kagwa, A., Roscoe J., The Customs of the Baganda , 1934. (reprinted by AMS Press in 1969).
- Roscoe J., The Baganda: An Account of Their Native Customs and Beliefs , L .: Macmillan, 1911. (Reissued by Kissinger Publishers in 2005).