Waganda

-- I sent to inquire what news there was of Bombay's coming, and what measures Kamrasi had taken to call the Waganda's chief officer and my deserters here; as also to beg he would send us specimens of all the various tribes that visit him, in order that me might draw them.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

Two great objections had been raised against us; one was that we were reported to be cannibals, and the other that our advancing by two roads at once was suspicious, the more especially so as the Waganda were his enemies; had we come from Rumanika direct, there would have been no objection to us.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

Mabruki then told me he was kept waiting at a village, one hour's walk from Kamrasi's palace, five days before they were allowed to approach his majesty; but when they were seen, and the presents exchanged, they were ordered to pack off the following morning, as Kamrasi said the Waganda were a set of plundering blackguards.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

From the Zulus to the Waganda, we find the mother the most influential counselor at the court of ferocious sovereigns, like Chaka or Mtesa; sometimes sisters take her place.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

From the Zulus to the Waganda, we find the mother the most influential counsellor at the court of ferocious sovereigns, like Chaka or Mtesa; sometimes sisters take her place.

Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil 1915

Crowds of Waganda witnessed this comedy, and were all digging at one another's heads, showing off in pantomime the strange ways of the white man.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

This large body of Waganda could not be kept waiting.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

I mourned, however, when I thought how much I had lost by the delays in the journey having deprived me of the pleasure of going to look at the north-east corner of the N'yanza to see what connection there was with it and the other lake where the Waganda went to get their salt, and from which another river flowed to the north making "Usoga an island."

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

My men feared for me, as they did not know what a "savage" king would do in case I carried out my threat; whilst the Waganda, lost in amazement at what seemed little less than blasphemy, saw me walk away homeward, leaving Bombay to leave the present on the ground and follow.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909

The abolition of the slave-trade by King Mtesa, chief of Waganda, near Lake Victoria Nyanza, is one of the most recent fruits of the agitation.

The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880