Mbwa (Dog) Clan
- Omuziro
- Dog (mbwa)
- Akabbiro
- The iron bell fastened on a dog when hunting
The Mbwa clan takes the dog as its omuziro, the primary totem. Its akabbiro, the secondary totem, is recorded as the iron bell fastened on a dog when hunting. Drawn from Roscoe (1911); this page grows as further sources are reviewed.
Roscoe (1911), listing the clans of Buganda with their totems, records the dog (Mbwa) as the omuziro of this clan, with the iron bell fastened on a dog when hunting as its akabbiro. Roscoe also marks it among the clans that attached themselves to another clan. Roscoe records that this clan joined the Civet Cat clan. Spelling follows Roscoe’s 1911 transcription and awaits native-speaker review.
Ensibuko
- John Roscoe (1911). The Baganda: An Account of Their Native Customs and Beliefs.
- Apolo Kaggwa (1901). Basekabaka be Buganda.