When it was taboo to eat your totem, Uganda was truly a ‘green’ society
A totem of the kkobe plant: Many African chiefs decorated their stools with personal or tribal totems. Each community member had to protect and defend the totem. Photo/MORGAN MBABAZI
One day Kabaka Kintu left his Kanyanya palace and went hunting lions with his son, Sebuganda.
During the hunt, the furious lions fought back but the king managed to kill them, according to Buganda lore.
