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Origin
[edit]The Mmamba Clan headed by Omutaka Gabunga is one of the original (indigenous) clans in Buganda or Central Uganda. Hence the term Nnansangwa ("was found there"). Gabunga or Ggabunga is the title of the head of the Mmamba Gabunga Clan. Omutaka is a general title for each head of a clan. The current head of the clan is called Omutaka Gabunga Mubiru Zziikwa.
Clan Totems
[edit]Primary Totem (Omuziro)
[edit]The primary totem (Omuziro) is Lungfish (Mmamba).[1].
Secondary Totem (Akabbiro)
[edit]The secondary totem (akabbiro) is a young Lungfish (Omuguya)[1].
Clan Structure
[edit]The Kabaka (Ssaabataka)
[edit]The Kabaka of Buganda is at the peak of the clan structure[2]. So all the heads of the clans, the Bataka (plural form of Omutaka[3]) are under him. Hence his title, Ssaabataka.
Clan Head (Ow'Akasolya)
[edit]The head of the Kasolya (roof) is Omutaka Gabunga[1] or sometimes written as Ggabunga.
Clan Seat (Obutaka)
[edit]The location of the clan seat (Obutaka) is in Ssagala-Buwaya, Busiro.
Clan Motto (Omubala)
[edit]Sirya mmamba, amazzi nnywa. Bandaba kulya mpola ne bampita omukodo. Sirya mmamba, amazzi nnywa. ("I don't eat Lungfish, I drink water. They see me eat slowly and call me selfish. I don't eat Lungfish, I drink water.", in English)
Other: Sirya mmamba, amazzi nnywa. Sirya mmamba amazzi nnywa. Eno ssi mmamba nnamakaka. Gwe ndisanga mu menvu n’ebikuta alibirya. Akalya kokka ke keetenda obulyampola.
Duties and Responsibility at Palace
[edit]The members of the Mmamba clan are responsible for the Kabaka's boats, ships, etc. In ancient times, the Gabunga headed Buganda Kingdom's Navy and was therefore equivalent to a Navy Admiral[4].
Clan Names
[edit]The surnames of people belonging to this clan vary depending on one's biological gender (Male or Female). Some of the names are common to all members of the clan but some are more commonly used in specific units (Essiga) of the clan[5]. In fact, some of the names that a particular Ssiga uses may have come from a different clan, for instance due to Okubbula (i.e naming someone after a deceased person who was dear to them. Embodiment of the dead.). One can pick from some of the names below[6]
Male names
[edit]Some boy's names are Buwule, Kizito, Mayanja, Mubiru, Mutebi, Nsubuga, Sembuya
Female names
[edit]Some girl's names are anja, Namubiru, Namutebi, Nankya, Nansubuga
Famous members of the clan
[edit]- The current Kabaka of Buganda, Mwenda Mutebi II is belongs to the Mmamba Gabunga Clan.
- The Late industrialists, Christopher Sembuya and his younger brother, Henry Buwule who together founded the Sembule Group of Companies.
References
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- ^ a b c Kiingi, K (2009). Enkuluze ya Oluganda eya e Makerere [Makerere Luganda Dictionary] (in Luganda) (2nd ed.). Kampala: Fountain Publishers. p. 92. ISBN 978-9970-02-613-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Roscoe, John (2022). The Baganda: an account of their native customs and beliefs. Legare Street Press. ISBN 9781015918757.
- ^ Chesswas, J.D. (2014). The Essentials of Luganda (4th ed.). Nairobi: Oxford University Press. p. 14.
- ^ Buliggwanga, Eriya (2006). Ekitabo ky'ekika ky'emmamba [The Mmamba Clan book] (in Luganda). Kampala: New Era Printers and Stationers.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Nsimbi, M.B. (April 1980). "Luganda Names, Clans, and Totems". Munger Africana Library Notes (52–53). California Institute of Technology.
- ^ Kiingi, K.B. (2009). Enkuluze ya Oluganda eya e Makerere [Makerere Luganda Dictionary] (in Luganda) (2nd ed.). Kampala: Fountain Publishers. pp. 93–102. ISBN 978-9970-02-613-5.
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