Infobox mountain name Mount Speke photo Mt.Speke2008.jpg photo caption Mt. Speke as seen from Uganda elevation m 4,890 elevation ref prominence m 730 prominence ref map Uganda map caption map size 200 label position right location flag Uganda range Ruwenzori Range lat d 0 lat m 24 lat s 00 lat NS N long d 29 long m 54 long s 00 long EW E coordinates ref topo type age last eruption first ascent 1906 by Duke of the Abruzzi easiest route scramble Mount Speke lies in the Ruwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda , Africa and is the second highest peak in this range. Together with Mount Stanley and Mount Baker Ruwenzoris , it forms a triangle enclosing the upper Bujuku Valley . The nearest peak is Mount Stanley which is 3.55 km to the SSW. ref http www.peakbagger.com peak.aspx?pid 11156 Peakbagger ref The mountains lie within an area called The Mountains of the Moon . All mountains in this range consist of multiple jagged peaks. Mount Speke s summits are Vittorio Emanuele 4,890 m 16,042 ft Ensonga 4,865 m 15,961 ft Johnston 4,834 m 15,860 ft Trident 4,572 m 15,000 ft . ref http www.peakware.com peaks.html?pk 1101 Peakware ref The names were chosen in respect for the Italian royal family, however, the name choice had to be approved by the British Protectorate of Uganda who ruled the region at that time. The people living on the mountains call the Rwenzori , which means rain maker or rain mountains in the Bakonjo language. The Baganda , who could see the mountain range from far, used to call them Gambaragara , which means My Eyes Pain , a reference to the shining snow. ref http www.rwenzoriabruzzi.com historical.html Rwenzoria Abruzzi home page ref The Bakonjo had their own names for the peaks in the Rwenzori National Park Rwenzori range, however, as they had never climbed them, it was difficult to clarify which peak was which. For example, they had names for the three main peaks Kiyanja, Duwoni and Ingomwimbi. The fact is that for the Bakonjo th ... more details
Welcome Rwenzururu , editorial by the New Vision , 31 March 2008 ref Notable Bakonjo include Amon Bazira ... Great Lakes Bantu languages nc lang stub Uganda stub Africa ethno group stub de Bakonjo fr Konjo ... more details
wished to strengthen the pro British Toro. The Bakonjo and Baamba initially accepted being ... was denied by the colonial authorities, the Bakonjo and Baamba launched a low intensity guerrilla ... for a degree of local autonomy, the appointment of Bakonjo and Baamba to government administrative ... Museveni , for support for new Bakonjo rebellion under an organization called the National Army for the Liberation ... that over 80 of the Bakonjo and Baamba favored the creation of a kingdom with Charles Mumbere as the Omusinga ... more details
Infobox royalty name Charles Mumbere birth date bya 1953 Citation needed date October 2009 father Isaya Mukirane reign 1966 1982, 2009 de jure br 1971 1982, 2009 de facto coronation 19 October 2009 succession King of Rwenzururu predecessor Isaya Mukirane Charles Wesley Mumbere is the king of the African kingdom of Rwenzururu , which is part of Uganda . Biography Rwenzururu was established in the 1962 as the result of a secessionist movement by the Bakonjo people in the mountainous region of western Uganda . The revolt was led by Mumbere s father, Isaya Mukirane, who was recognized as the region s king. ref name ap cite news publisher Associated Press url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f n a 2009 10 16 national a112505D91.DTL&tsp 1 ixzz0U8All4Nn title A nurse s aide in US to be crowned African king date 2009 10 09 ref Mumbere inherited the title at age 13, and assumed the position of king at age 18. When he was 30, he made an agreement with the government of Uganda by which the government sent him to the United States for an education. In 1984, at age 30, he enrolled in business school , but his government stipend was cut off. He obtained political asylum in the United States in 1987, received nurse s aide training, and began working in a nursing home near Washington, D.C. . He later moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he continued as a nurse s aide. ref name ap He kept his royal title secret during most of his 25 years in the United States. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi world africa 8315615.stm work BBC News title Ugandan king worked in care home date 2009 10 20 accessdate 2010 04 28 ref In July, 2009 Mumbere mentioned his kingship in an interview with The Patriot News , the primary newspaper of Harrisburg, and said that he was considering returning to Uganda, ref name ap which had recently recognized Rwenzururu and designated Mumbere as Omusinga , or king. ref http www.monitor.co.ug artman publish regional special Bakonzo contestants attac ... more details
. Beginning in the late 1950s insecurity in the region drove other ethnic groups particularly the Bakonjo ... and Bakonjo. In 1962 Basongora started returning to their original areas only to find that the Toro ... more details
Caption Konjo people BaKonjo and Amba people BaAmba ref cite web url http www.fotw.us flags ug bakon.html title Bakonjo People accessdate April 24, 2010 publisher Flags of the World date July 12 ... more details
pp semi indef pp move indef Main Indigenous peoples See also List of indigenous rights organizations This is a partial list of the world s indigenous aboriginal native peoples . Indigenous peoples are any ethnic group of peoples who are considered to fall under one of the internationally recognized definitions of Indigenous peoples, such as United Nations , the International Labour Organization and the World Bank . ref Sanders, Douglas. 1999. Indigenous peoples Issues of definition. International Journal of Cultural Property. No. 8 pp. 4 13. ref . Note that this is a listing of peoples, groups and communities. This list is grouped by region, and sub region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region example Inuit in North America and eastern Russia , or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves that is, the boundaries of each region are not always clear and some locations may commonly be associated with more than one region . Earth Labelled Map width 447 float right Africa Main Indigenous peoples of Africa The continent of Africa , including associated islands such as Madagascar , but excluding Arabia . Central Africa Central Africa generally includes the lands mainly of the Congo River basin, south of the Sahara desert Sahara and west of the East African Rift . Pygmy Pygmy peoples Central and Western Africa East Africa East Africa generally includes the Horn of Africa region and parts of surrounding countries. colbegin 2 Acholi people Acholi Uganda Afar people Afar Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia Agaw Ethiopia Akisho Ethiopia Alur people Alur Uganda Ovambo people Ambo Zambia Amhara people Amhara Ethiopia Ankole Uganda Anuak people Anuak Ethiopia Antalote Comoros Aushi Zambia Aweer people Aweer Kenya , Somalia ref Kipuri 2007, p.472 ref Ayoup Ethiopia Baganda Uganda Bahima Ankole Uganda , Rwanda Bagisu Uganda Bagwere Uganda Bakiga Uganda Bakonjo Uganda Basoga Ug ... more details
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