Nyamata

Nyamata, daughter of the underworld-king Nyamiyonga, wife of the last Batembuzi king Isaza and mother of Isimbwa. Through her, Nyamiyonga is grandfather of the Bacwezi founder Ndahura. Named in the bunyoro_nyamiyonga entry, which records that the daughter of Nyamiyonga, Nyamata, was the mother of Isimbwa.

Parentage

• Nyamiyonga

Children

• Isimbwa

Domains

• ancestry lineage

Powers

• Bear Isimbwa, link between Batembuzi and Bacwezi

Epithets

• Nyamata

Relations

• spouse: Isaza
• mother of: Isimbwa

Sources

• Fisher, Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda (1911)
• Roscoe, The Bakitara or Banyoro (1923)