Inside Kabalega’s 1800s kingdom at Bunyoro, Uganda

Royal tomb of King Kabalega near Hoima. PHOTO | RUPI MANGAT | NMG

It was the taxi driver who announced, “The royal tomb of Kabalega is here.” At that point Kabalega was quite unknown to me.

I was whiling away days in Masindi visiting friends. With time on my hands and no intention of doing Murchison Falls, in my late grandmother’s footsteps to Hoima.