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Mmamba (Lungfish) Clan

Totem
Lungfish (emmamba)

The Mmamba clan is one of the largest clans of Buganda. Its totem is the lungfish. This page is an editorial starting point and will grow as sources are reviewed.

The Mmamba clan is among the well-documented clans of Buganda. Roscoe (1911) records the lungfish as its totem.

Sources

  1. John Roscoe (1911). The Baganda: An Account of Their Native Customs and Beliefs.
  2. Apolo Kaggwa (1901). Basekabaka be Buganda.