Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
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Kigeli IV Rwabugiri was the king of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya kings in a ruling dynasty that had traced its lineage back to Gihanga, who is on
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Diadem of Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
Yuhi V Musinga
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Yuhi Musinga was a king of Rwanda who came to power in 1896 and collaborated with the German government to strengthen his own kingship. In 1931 he was deposed by the Belgian administration because of
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…as the last true King of Rwanda due to the tragic assassination of his successor Rutarindwa and coup by his stepmother Kanjogera who installed her son Musinga. By the beginning of the 20th century, Rwanda was a unified state with a centralized military structure. Rwabugiri is sometimes attributed for the…
Musinga (Yuhi) circa 1910
King Musinga’s lion dancers in Nyanza (1928)