# Those Who Came Before Us A podcast by David Ibanda | African History & Pre-colonial Narratives. Those Who Came Before Us is an immersive journey into African history, oral traditions, and the pre-colonial kingdoms of the Great Lakes. From Buganda and Bunyoro to the mysteries of the Bachwezi and the spirits of Lake Victoria, each episode blends history and myth to reveal the emotional and spiritual world of East Africa. Together, we hold a lantern to the darkness of the past. So that the stories, fears, and ambitions of those who came before us are never forgotten. New episodes explore African mythology, Buganda history, and the hidden worlds of pre-colonial East Africa. Feed: https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1180802.rss ## Latest episodes - [African Spiritual Warfare: How Horns Protected and Attacked in the Great Lakes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/da62933c267e) (2026-05-09, 19 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/19037549-african-spiritual-warfare-how-horns-protected-and-attacked-in-the-great-lakes.mp3 - [The Envoys Who Saw the World: The Story I Didn’t Say](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/7e07861eccb0) (2026-03-20, 29 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/18878193-the-envoys-who-saw-the-world-the-story-i-didn-t-say.mp3 - [Kabaka Muteesa I’s 1879 Mission to London: Survival Diplomacy in Buganda](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/4053b84dc005) (2026-03-15, 48 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/18826792-kabaka-muteesa-i-s-1879-mission-to-london-survival-diplomacy-in-buganda.mp3 - [Master of the Waves: Mukasa, God of Lake Victoria](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/fbcffcbbb1b2) (2026-02-15, 22 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/18559523-master-of-the-waves-mukasa-god-of-lake-victoria.mp3 - [A Spirit World Pretending to Be a Lake: The Serpent Spirits of Lake Victoria in African Mythology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/3a3b51f3c32d) (2026-02-01, 9 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/18538402-a-spirit-world-pretending-to-be-a-lake-the-serpent-spirits-of-lake-victoria-in-african-mythology.mp3 - [At the Edge of Buganda: Why James Hannington Turned Back (Part 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/2848adceaabf) (2025-12-03, 15 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17876943-at-the-edge-of-buganda-why-james-hannington-turned-back-part-5.mp3 - [Canoes, Cloth, and Conflict: The Wary King Romwa (Hannington Part 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/63c3bd646d96) (2025-11-20, 12 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17876925-canoes-cloth-and-conflict-the-wary-king-romwa-hannington-part-4.mp3 - [The Shadow of Mirambo: King on the Caravan Road (Hannington Part 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/6fafbca5ca7e) (2025-11-12, 15 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17864164-the-shadow-of-mirambo-king-on-the-caravan-road-hannington-part-3.mp3 - [Dust, Fever, and Bitter Water: Across the Ugogo Plains (Hannington Part 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/2fb0ea3941e6) (2025-11-05, 15 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17838480-dust-fever-and-bitter-water-across-the-ugogo-plains-hannington-part-2.mp3 - [Into the Interior: The Road to the Kingdom of Buganda (Hannington Part 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/ed698773fc2d) (2025-10-29, 22 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17824799-into-the-interior-the-road-to-the-kingdom-of-buganda-hannington-part-1.mp3 - [Enkai: The God Who Changes Color](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/972c58899512) (2025-09-30, 22 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17616018-enkai-the-god-who-changes-color.mp3 - [Dead Kings, Alive Wives: The Royal Women of Kasubi Tombs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/62b41c829040) (2025-08-31, 14 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17524524-dead-kings-alive-wives-the-royal-women-of-kasubi-tombs.mp3 - [Kasubi Tombs: Palace, Power, and the Afterlife of Buganda Kings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/4b259169ff8e) (2025-07-31, 17 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/17494168-kasubi-tombs-palace-power-and-the-afterlife-of-buganda-kings.mp3 - [The Cannibal Night Dancer | African Book of Monsters, Episode 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/4625bcf2bf53) (2025-02-14, 49 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/16614739-the-cannibal-night-dancer-african-book-of-monsters-episode-2.mp3 - [Prankster Witch of the Night: The Night Dancer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/edb7562d1ed9) (2025-01-04, 39 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/16368649-prankster-witch-of-the-night-the-night-dancer.mp3 - [The God of Death Muteesa and the Buganda Martyrs of 1875/76.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/759875dbd579) (2024-10-06, 54 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/15875024-the-god-of-death-muteesa-and-the-buganda-martyrs-of-1875-76.mp3 - [The "Meat Giver" King & The Forgotten Micro-Kingdoms of Busiki & Busambira](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/81d6ed651476) (2024-07-10, 24 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/15388774-the-meat-giver-king-the-forgotten-micro-kingdoms-of-busiki-busambira.mp3 - [The Matriarchs of Uganda: Stories from the Precolonial Era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/4c98d54a188a) (2024-05-13, 26 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/14931767-the-matriarchs-of-uganda-stories-from-the-precolonial-era.mp3 - [Sibling States: The Forgotten Micro-Kingdoms of Bulamogi and Bukono](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/d712e3299699) (2024-04-22, 28 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/14798458-sibling-states-the-forgotten-micro-kingdoms-of-bulamogi-and-bukono.mp3 - [The King of Spikes & The Defiant Cattle Keeper: Origins of The Forgotten Micro-Kingdom of Bukooli.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/4860ee34669a) (2024-04-01, 47 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/14798101-the-king-of-spikes-the-defiant-cattle-keeper-origins-of-the-forgotten-micro-kingdom-of-bukooli.mp3 - [The King Who Refused to Rule: The Forgotten Micro-Kingdom of Bugweri](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/669203fe2c72) (2023-03-20, 17 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/12478938-the-king-who-refused-to-rule-the-forgotten-micro-kingdom-of-bugweri.mp3 - [Busoga Folklore: The Leopard that thought he was too clever.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/39257cabc85b) (2023-03-10, 4 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/12410934-busoga-folklore-the-leopard-that-thought-he-was-too-clever.mp3 - [The Bamboo Prince - Ibanda: Rise of the Forgotten Micro-Kingdom of Buzimba-Kigulu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/e35610caf87b) (2023-03-03, 33 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/12364837-the-bamboo-prince-ibanda-rise-of-the-forgotten-micro-kingdom-of-buzimba-kigulu.mp3 - [Busoga Folklore: Why the Monkey and Elephant are friends](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/56101a3d4a89) (2023-02-24, 3 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/12322585-busoga-folklore-why-the-monkey-and-elephant-are-friends.mp3 - [Kintu vs. Mukama: The Founders of The Forgotten Micro-Kingdoms of Busoga](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/7372e5a5b5e8) (2022-10-20, 23 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/11538063-kintu-vs-mukama-the-founders-of-the-forgotten-micro-kingdoms-of-busoga.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Pre-colonial Warfare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/84ba6358aa27) (2022-02-08, 59 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/10033161-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-pre-colonial-warfare.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: The Kubandwa Religion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/a1520b7f0b8f) (2022-01-03, 40 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/9824856-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-the-kubandwa-religion.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Pre-Colonial Bunyoro Society](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/6b356651803d) (2021-09-21, 46 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/9236781-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-pre-colonial-bunyoro-society.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Pre-colonial Authority](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/ceb8699dedfd) (2021-07-03, 31 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/8804433-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-pre-colonial-authority.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Bunyoro in the Colonial Era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/65f84198dc21) (2020-10-13, 72 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/5867878-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-bunyoro-in-the-colonial-era.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Kabalega](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/e876bac50423) (2020-09-18, 74 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/5505391-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-kabalega.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: The Babiito and decline in Bunyoro](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/dcb10f48aed3) (2020-09-02, 45 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/5256826-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-the-babiito-and-decline-in-bunyoro.mp3 - [Black Lives Matter : The African Context](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/06ee9beaa273) (2020-08-19, 44 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/5057879-black-lives-matter-the-african-context.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: The Bachwezi Identity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/fd276d663d40) (2020-08-05, 37 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/4851140-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-the-bachwezi-identity.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Rise of the Bachwezi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/c75f3499a28f) (2020-07-22, 27 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/4613777-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-rise-of-the-bachwezi.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: Isaza's Lessons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/1b1c68c079c3) (2020-07-08, 28 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/4464491-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-isaza-s-lessons.mp3 - [The Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara: In the Beginning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1520279120/52d933211002) (2020-06-24, 22 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1180802/episodes/4305350-the-kingdom-of-bunyoro-kitara-in-the-beginning.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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