The Baganda live in the central and south/central region of Uganda occupying 13 districts.  This area is known as the Buganda Kingdom.  The Buganda Kingdom is some of the most fertile land in Uganda and has a good amount of rainfall every year.

Baganda is plural and Muganda is singular for one person.  Their mother tongue is Luganda, which is a Bantu language that is very extensive in vocabulary and is somewhat easy to learn, but difficult to master.

The Baganda have a rich culture that has been developed over the last 500 years.  The cultural leader of the Baganda is the King known as the Kabaka.  The current King is Ronald Mutebi.  He has know political power, but still exercises a lot of power through cultural means.

The Baganda are made up of 52 clans (some say 48) and each clan has a totem, a primary ancestor, and origin, and special drum beat, and other unique aspects. The Baganda are very accommodating and easily incorporate other foreigners into their culture.  If you are a visitor, don't be surprised if you are given a clan name that people will know you by. 

A person is not allowed to marry someone from their own clan (except for the Lung Fish clan that is very large).  When a woman marries a man, she retains her name.  The children do not carry their fathers name but take a name from his clan.  If a person gives birth to twins, they are considered blessed and given a special name.  The names of twins are specific and the child before twins name is changed.  The child that follows twins also receives a specific name.

The Baganda typically do certain jobs.  Many love to pursue politics, government jobs, trade, and farming.  Very few pursue military, police, cattle keeping (many have one cow only), and most manual labor jobs.  Barkcloth is a unique trade specific to Baganda.  Barkcloth was originally used for clothing and burial shrouds.  It is still used to rap dead bodies for burial as well as crafts, and lining the inside of traditional African cult sights such as Kasubi Tombs and other cultural huts.  Other major handcrafts include basket making, mat weaving, and drum making. Baganda Drums are some of the best in Africa.

Education is extremely important to every Muganda and is seen as a way to rise up out of poverty and get a better life.  Traditional education was done by the chiefs and elders using stories.  Today that has been replaces by a British form of education.  If school fees are available most students dream of finishing the university or a trade school after finishing secondary school.

The Muganda dream is finish the highest level of education that you can, get a good job, build a home, get a wife, have 4 to 10 children, educate your children so that they can care for you in your old age, die at an old age, be remembered by your family and friends at a large funeral.