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The Baganda love to make up rhymes
and tell stories. There are stories that
explain how things were created,
describe how people should live, and
even stories that explain proverbs.
Many involve the king of the Baganda,
and the founder of the royal dynasty,
Kintu, the first Baganda man. Kintu
was made by Katonda the supreme
creator god who is generally believed
to be a benevolent protector of humans.
 atonda the Creator made the first
man and called him Kintu. Knowing
that Kintu would be lonely on earth
all by himself, God created a wife for
Kintu, called Nambi. Nambi's family in the heaven gave the couple cattle,
sheep and hens to start a farm on earth after they got married. As soon
as the ceremony was finished, Nambi's family urged them to leave
because they had not invited Death to the wedding and were afraid that he
would arrive and cause trouble. After being told never to return to heaven,
the happy couple set off for their new home on earth.
Unfortunately, Nambi forgot the chicken feed, and was afraid she would have
none to give her hens when she got to earth. She went back to her family in
heaven, where Death, angry at not being invited to the wedding, was waiting.
When Nambi saw Death, she turned and ran away, but Death was a very fast
runner, and he pounced on her as soon as she got to her home. To this day,
Death has stayed on earth and is known to move swiftly and unexpectedly.
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