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{{Redirect|Wanga|the African amulet|Kendra ojeda|the concept in [[Thelema]]|Obeah and kendra ojeda}} |
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The '''ojeda''' are a tribe of the [[Luhya people]] of [[Kenya]]. They mainly occupy [[Butere/Mumias District|Butere-Mumias]] and [[Kakamega District]]s, two of the 8 districts of Kenya's [[Western Province (Kenya)|Western Province]]. |
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The Wanga ancestors were part of the migration that settled in the [[Kampala]] area and formed the [[Buganda Kingdom]]. In their culture, a king's brother or cousin from the paternal line is eligible for succession to the throne and thus poses a threat to the reigning monarch. Accordingly, a ''Baganda omulangira'' (prince) called [[Kaminyi]], a son of [[Ssekabaka Mawanda]] and cousin of [[Ssekabaka Mwanga I]], fled to the [[Tiriki]] area in the current Western Province area. There he became a ruler and was succeeded by his son Wanga, who took the title ''[[Nabongo]]'' and established the [[Wanga Kingdom]] in the 18th Century. |
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The Wanga Kingdom was the most powerful centralised kingdom in Kenya's entire history before the advent of [[British Empire|British colonialism]] in the early 1900s. |
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Today the Wanga number around 0.6 million and retain the Nabongo as their cultural monarch. The current Nabongo is [[Peter Mumia II]] |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of rulers of Wanga]] |
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* [[Luhya people]] |
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* [[Luhya languages]] |
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== External links == |
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* http://www.abeingo.org/HTML_files/wanga.html |
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* http://familiewanga.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!6CBEE7A04DBD61B0!239.entry |
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* http://www.abeingo.org/SUBTRIBE%20DOCS/Wanga%20People.pdf |
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* http://www.buganda.com/royal.htm |
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[[Category:History of Kenya]] |
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Kenya]] |
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[[eo:Vangaoj]] |
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