Ham Mukasa
(1870-1956), Secretary to the Katikiro of UgandaSitter in 1 portrait
The son of Makabugo Sensalire, a chief in Buddu (present day Masaka District), Mukasa converted to Christianity at a young age. As a result, he suffered serious injury in the 1886 massacre of the Christians by Mwanga II. He married the daughter of a former chief minister of Uganda. He was a page in the court of Mutesa I of Buganda (in present day Uganda), later becoming secretary to Apolo Kagwa. He was fluent in both English and Swahili. He is noted for writing one of the first glossaries of the Ganda language.
Apolo Kagwa, Katikiro of Uganda; Ham Mukasa
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, August 1902
NPG x125433
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