A Ugandan Dance to Please the Infant King

Setting the scene…we’re in the land we now call Uganda. Once upon a time the Kabaka (King) of the Obutiko (“mushroom”) clan of the Baganda died and didn’t leave an heir. He did, however, leave many pregnant wives. Medicine men declared that one wife was carrying the Kabaka-to-be. She sat on the throne with the idea that her unborn baby was truly ruling the Buganda (the Baganda people). When the boy was born, his uncle Gunjju created a dance meant to keep him constantly happy . . . THE AMAGUNJJU! A crying king brings bad luck!