gentler than Mutesa had been while a youth. For sheer tyranny, Mwanga II was easily outclassed by his father, grandfather and great grandfather, each of whom was remembered in Ganda tradition at the time of the British colonial take-over as having become uncontrollable at some stage during their respective reigns. This is something Mwanga never became." Morris Twaddle, Kakungulu, 1993 "No Kabaka of Buganda had ever faced the challenges that Mwanga faced, dealing with mighty religious parties which eventually drove him from the throne and his kingdom." Samwiri Lwanga Lunyigo, Mwanga II, 2011, page 4 "Mwanga II should be judged within the context of nineteenth century Buganda, where kings had absolute executive, legislative, judicial, military and even economic power. To see him through the lenses of his foes, those who took away the sovereignty of his country and their local collaborators is to miss him. He cannot be understood through the fairy tales of his enemies who denounced him." Samwiri Lwanga Lunyigo, Mwanga II, 2011, p.35 See also Kabaka of Buganda Uganda Martyrs Muteesa Iof Buganda Kimera of Buganda References Further reading Ashe, R. P. (1889). Two Kings of Uganda: Or, Life by the Shores of Victoria Nyanza. S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Kaggwa, Sir Apollo K, Basekabaka be’Buganda [translated by MM Semakula Kiwanuka]. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1971. Kiwanuka, M. S. M. (1969). "Kabaka Mwanga and his political parties." Uganda Journal, 33(1), 1-16. Lwanga-Lunyigo, Samwiri (2011). Mwanga II : Resistance to Imposition of British colonial rule in Buganda, 1884-1899. Wavah Books. External links List of Kings of Buganda The vilification of Kabaka Mwanga 1868 births 1903 deaths 19th-century LGBT people 19th-century monarchs in Africa Anti-Christian sentiment Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions Kabakas of Buganda Ugandan LGBT people LGBT royalty Persecution of Christians Ugandan chiefs Ugandan Protestants 20th-century LGBT people