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Ngeye (Colobus Monkey) Clan

Totem
Colobus monkey (engeye)

The Ngeye clan takes the black-and-white colobus monkey as its totem. This page is an editorial starting point and will grow as sources are reviewed.

The Ngeye clan is recorded among the clans of Buganda, with the colobus monkey as its totem (Roscoe, 1911).

Sources

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