Send us a text The king may be gone but his wives remain. At the royal tombs of Kasubi, a small community of women continues to serve long after death. They are the royal widows of Buganda: chosen from different clans, bound to the king in life… and still present in his death. From sweeping the tombs to preparing rituals, they carry out their roles with quiet dignity. Not as relics of the past, but as part of a living royal tradition. Who are these women? What do they rememb...
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Send us a text The king may be gone but his wives remain. At the royal tombs of Kasubi, a small community of women continues to serve long after death. They are the royal widows of Buganda: chosen from different clans, bound to the king in life… and still present in his death. From sweeping the tombs to preparing rituals, they carry out their roles with quiet dignity. Not as relics of the past, but as part of a living royal tradition. Who are these women? What do they rememb...
Dead Kings, Alive Wives: The Royal Women of Kasubi Tombs
Those Who Came Before Us
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Dead Kings, Alive Wives: The Royal Women of Kasubi Tombs
Send us a text The king may be gone but his wives remain. At the royal tombs of Kasubi, a small community of women continues to serve long after death. They are the royal widows of Buganda: chosen from different clans, bound to the king in life… and still present in his death. From sweeping the tombs to preparing rituals, they carry out their roles with quiet dignity. Not as relics of the past, but as part of a living royal tradition. Who are these women? What do they rememb...
Those Who Came Before Us
Send us a text The king may be gone but his wives remain. At the royal tombs of Kasubi, a small community of women continues to serve long after death. They are the royal widows of Buganda: chosen from different clans, bound to the king in life… and still present in his death. From sweeping the tombs to preparing rituals, they carry out their roles with quiet dignity. Not as relics of the past, but as part of a living royal tradition. Who are these women? What do they rememb...
