Describe the social organization of the Buganda Kingdom during the pre-colonial period

- They were divided into social glasses. The royal class composed of the Kabaka and his family. The Bakopi or the peasants and Buddu who were slaves.
- They had a traditional religion called lubaale of which the Kabaka was the head and was believed to have some superhuman powers.
- They believed in the existence of many gods.
- They also believed in the existence of ancestral spirits who maintained discipline in
the clans.
- The Baganda wore clothes made of barks of trees animal skins and beads / necklace.
- They lived in beehiveshape houses made of poles and thatched with grass.
- The practiced polygamy but one was not allowed to marry from his clan. The
Kabaka married from all the clans. There also existed sorcerers called Balopo. They were
feared because people believed they could cause them some harm.
- Labour was divided according to gender, women tilled the land while men engaged in warfare, built houses and made clothes.
- The Baganda underwent informal education during their rites of passage. They
were trained in their rights