His Royal Eminence
Prince Wasajja Kiwanuka is the current head of Omulangirizi Royal House. This Royal House has always been a sacred House of highly gifted people whose mandate is to call the masses to the pillars on which the Kingdom was formed. They advised and reminded the reigning Monarch and his subjects of the right path to cultural and spiritual renewal. Omulangirizi title is now gazetted in Uganda and the holder is mandated to disseminate and promote traditional knowledge.
Prince Wasajja has established himself as a vanguard in traditional and native knowledge instruction. He has written several books on African culture as well as running very active social channels where he hosts his cultural teaching using both video and audio.
Prof. Dr. Prince Wasajja Kiwanuka is the Overseer of the Uganda Traditional and Native Knowledge Systems, an organ responsible for identifying, preserving, and promoting cultural heritage sites and intangible culture. Traditional knowledge is rooted in Indigenous lifeways and relationships with the environment and is valuable not only to Indigenous Peoples but to all societies. It must be protected and supported and emphasis must be placed on transmitting Indigenous knowledge to future generations. Indigenous languages, skills, and techniques provide valuable information to the global community and serve as a useful model for solutions to contemporary issues.
Custodian of Traditional Knowledge
Prof. Wasajja started his traditional knowledge instruction in early 2020’s when he was in secondary school at Lubiri Secondary School. He was gifted musician and went by the name ‘Black-Man’. His first recorded song was ‘Black is Beautiful’ which was released in 1999. A full music album entitled ‘Obuwangwa’, simply translated as ‘Culture’ was completed in 2001. He joined Kyambogo University and became the Chairperson of a students’ cultural solidarity called ‘Mutelinnya’. He composed and performed cultural dances and original composition songs.
While at University, he continued to release new cultural songs like ‘Ejje l’yomutanda’ and ‘Eyayokya Amasiro’ and several others. He was the Chairperson of the Baganda Students’ Cultural Association called Baganda Nkobazambogo at Makerere University in 2007. He was later elected as the National Chairman of all Baganda Students Associations in Uganda. He was confirmed by His Majesty Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II on 27th September 2007 in his palace at Banda.
Upon completing University, Prince Wasajja was appointed as a Project Coordinator in Kabaka Foundation. He was in charge of monitoring the activities in the key cultural sites of the Kingdom including; Bulange, Royal Mile, Mengo Palace, Kabaka’s Lake, Ssezibwa Falls and Katereke Royal Prison. Under Kabaka Foundation and directly supervised by the Kabaka, Prof. Wasajja underwent several cultural training facilitated by a fund from Ford Foundation through a program called ‘Buganda Clan Philanthropy’. He was trained to become a Trainer of Trainees for the cultural chiefs and subchiefs in the 52 clans of Buganda.
Royal Partnerships
His Royal Eminence Prince Wasajja in his capacity as as Omulangirizi has entered into partnership with several royal houses across the globe. He has received awards from royal houses from Nigeria, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan and South Africa.
Omulangirizi has also attended several cultural functions across the African continent and beyond.
