Bunyoro-Kitara

State · 1400–1899 CE · at its largest around 1400 CE

Kingdom east of Lake Albert ruled by the Babiito dynasty, once the dominant power of the Great Lakes region; it lost ground to Buganda and Toro and was conquered by the British in 1899.

On its lands while it lasted

• Speke and Grant’s expedition to the source of the Nile (1860–1863 CE): John Hanning Speke and James Grant travelled from Zanzibar to Buganda and in 1862 reached the Ripon Falls, where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria, then followed the river north to Egypt.

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