Basimba people

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The people that call themselves the Basimba or BaShimba for many and Musimba or MuShimba for singular are Bantu speaking Community who live in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and DR Congo. Before the 13th Century they did not know themselves as the Basimba, but either their Clan or provinces from which they came.

The name of Basimba (also known as BaShimba) was applied to the whole group by the early Bisa and Ambo as a nickname for the Clan of the leopard (Ngo) Clan people or the bena Ngo as their called in Zambia or the Ngo Clan people as their also called in Uganda. The founder of Buganda, Kato Kintu in the 14th Century was the first Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, in his Immigration to Buganda (by then known as Muwaawa), went with thirteen Clans known in Buganda as (Abalasangeye) among them were the Basimba Leopard (Ngo) Clan people who.,, It is reported that a Buganda Prince Katerega persecuted these Leopard (Ngo) Clan people killing four hundred of its members and causing others to conceal their identity. Given the pre-eminent role of the Leopard (Ngo) Clan people in the cult of Kintu, these people expected that in the event they were discovered to be briefly related to the Leopard (Ngo) Clan would have far reaching consequences.

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