Basketry in Buganda.

Abstract

Traditional Ganda history begins with Kintu the legendary founder of the royal dynasty. The “Baganda falls into the “Bantu” group in the classification of the races of Africa” “They belong to mixed type which is characterized by a greater variability in skin colour, lighter brown shades often encountered….. the variation is explained by the way Buganda expanded to her present size” Complements Muzzanganda A. Lugira-(1970:15). The Uganda’s history has been determined by the ethnic differences for its people. Biauer Laurereports that; “…40 district cultural groups each with its own language can be hard on radio…. Luganda is the language spoken by the Baganda who at 16% of the population make up the largest ethnic group in the country.”

In slave owing societies, craftsmen must have been slaves doing the heavy tasks. With a vanishing rural life, due to urbanization, some craft movements have been formed to conserve and to preserve the existing I crafts (basketry).