Kooki
Kooki Kingdom | |||||||||||
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| c. 1740–1896 | |||||||||||
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Buganda, Kooki, and other African Great Lakes Kingdoms, c.1880 | |||||||||||
| Status | Tributary kingdom | ||||||||||
| Capital | Rakai | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Luganda | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Kooki | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Kamuswaga | |||||||||||
• 1740–1750 | Bwohe (first) | ||||||||||
• 1884–1907 | Edward Kezekia Ndahura II (last) | ||||||||||
• 1954–1966 | Yoweri Kayemba (official last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Break away from Bunyoro-Kitara | c. 1740 | ||||||||||
• Incorporated into Buganda | 18 November 1896 | ||||||||||
• Kingdom officially abolished by Uganda | 24 May 1966 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Uganda | ||||||||||
Lukooki can be considered a dialect of Luganda or a distinct language. | |||||||||||
The Kingdom of Kooki, also known as the Kooki kingdom, was a pre-colonial African kingdom located within present-day Rakai District of Uganda that existed from approximately 1740 until 1896. The kingdom ceased to exist as an independent state in 1896 when it merged into the British Protectorate of Buganda. Its royal line still continues to this day as a non-sovereign monarchy, and is currently led by The Kamuswaga Apollo Sansa Kabumbuli II a hereditary ruler of the Cultural Institution under the Laws of Uganda