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Zibiah Wangari: the Kenyan girl who became Buganda’s queen

The upbringing of the eldest daughter of one of Kenya’s first African converts to Christianity was steeped in faith, education and an emerging spirit of progress

Zibiah Wangari Ngatho (inset) was one of Kabaka Mutesa II's many wives.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

In 1953, colonial drama shook Buganda to its core. The British, in a move that seemed ripped straight from a bad soap opera, unceremoniously stripped Kabaka Mutesa II of his

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