Isaza

Isaza, last king of the Batembuzi dynasty of Kitara, husband of Nyamata and father of Isimbwa. Lured into the underworld by Nyamiyonga (in one telling by an irresistible pair of cattle), ending the first dynasty on earth; his son Isimbwa carries the descent to the Bacwezi founder Ndahura. Named in the bunyoro_ndahura entry (Isimbwa was son of Isaza, last of the Batembuzi kings) and implied in the bunyoro_nyamiyonga entry, which says Nyamiyonga drew the Batembuzi king Isaza into the land of the dead.

Children

• Isimbwa

Domains

• kingship

Powers

• Hold the throne of Kitara as last of the Batembuzi

Epithets

• Isaza latin · Isaza · mythLast king of the Batembuzi, lured into the underworldRoscoe, The Bakitara or Banyoro (1923) (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: NyamataHusband of Nyamata, daughter of the underworld-king Nyamiyonga; their son is Isimbwa.Fisher, Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda (1911) (secondary)
• father of: IsimbwaFather of Isimbwa, through whom the line continues to the Bacwezi founder Ndahura.Roscoe, The Bakitara or Banyoro (1923) (secondary)
• enemy: NyamiyongaDrawn into the land of the dead by the underworld-king Nyamiyonga, who befriended then lured him below; reciprocal enemy edge to be added to bunyoro_nyamiyonga.Fisher, Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda (1911) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Roscoe, The Bakitara or Banyoro (1923) (secondary); Fisher, Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda (1911) (primary)
• last-Batembuzi-king-father-of-Isimbwa: Roscoe, The Bakitara or Banyoro (1923) (secondary)