The Rest Is History
Also in History
History
Those Who Came Before Us
by David Ibanda | African History & Pre-colonial Narratives
Today: #80 in History, South Africa on our combined chart.
Chart positions today · Brazil
Not on the United States charts we track today.
Not on the United Kingdom charts we track today.
Not on the Canada charts we track today.
Not on the Australia charts we track today.
Not on the Germany charts we track today.
Not on the Brazil charts we track today.
Not on the Mexico charts we track today.
Not on the New Zealand charts we track today.
Not on the Ireland charts we track today.
Not on the India charts we track today.
Not on the Japan charts we track today.
Not on the Philippines charts we track today.
If you like Those Who Came Before Us, try…
Legends At Dusk | Ancient History & Mythology For Sleep
Also in History
The Colonial Department
Also in History
Historic Royal Palaces Podcast
Also in History
Namaskar India - Tales from Indian History and Mythology
Also in History
Greek Mythology for Sleep
Also in History
Ranking history · Brazil
No ranking history for this show in Brazil over the last 7 days.
Latest episodes
-
African Spiritual Warfare: How Horns Protected and Attacked in the Great Lakes
May 9, 2026 · 19 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the role of horns in spiritual practice across kingdoms like Buganda, Bunyoro, and Busoga. Often filled, sealed, and carried, these horns were believed to contain forces that could protect…
-
The Envoys Who Saw the World: The Story I Didn’t Say
March 20, 2026 · 28 minSend us Fan Mail This is the story I didn’t say. In the main episode, I focused on what the envoys meant to Buganda. Here, I slow things down and follow their journey step by step from the Nile, through Sudan, into Egypt, and eventually…
-
Kabaka Muteesa I’s 1879 Mission to London: Survival Diplomacy in Buganda
March 15, 2026 · 48 minSend us Fan Mail By 1879, the kingdom of Buganda found itself caught in the expanding shadow of empire. To the north, Egyptian forces were pushing deeper into the Upper Nile, threatening to extend their authority toward the Great Lakes. In…
-
Master of the Waves: Mukasa, God of Lake Victoria
February 15, 2026 · 21 minSend us Fan Mail Lake Victoria has always been more than geography. For the people who lived along its shores in Buganda and across the Great Lakes region, it was a living domain capable of taking life without warning, yet sustaining…
-
A Spirit World Pretending to Be a Lake: The Serpent Spirits of Lake Victoria in African Mythology
February 1, 2026 · 8 minSend us Fan Mail The world’s second-largest freshwater lake is more than a body of water. It is a boundary. For those who lived along its shores in East Africa, Lake Victoria was shaped by unseen presence—spirits, serpents, and forces that…
Show 7 more episodesShow fewer episodes
-
At the Edge of Buganda: Why James Hannington Turned Back (Part 5)
December 3, 2025 · 14 minSend us Fan Mail At Kagei the crucial port on the southern shore of Lake Victoria and the main gateway to Buganda by canoe, James Hannington finally steps free after his detention by King Romwa of Buzinza. But just as the last stretch of…
-
Canoes, Cloth, and Conflict: The Wary King Romwa (Hannington Part 4)
November 20, 2025 · 11 minSend us Fan Mail After a brutal trek across the interior, James Hannington and two fellow missionaries finally reach the lands of Romwa of Buzinza, exhausted, sick, and desperate for canoes to cross Lake Victoria. But with empty hands and…
-
The Shadow of Mirambo: King on the Caravan Road (Hannington Part 3)
November 12, 2025 · 14 minSend us Fan Mail Frail and fevered, James Hannington reaches the caravan’s camp only to find them seized by dread. Beyond the horizon lies Mirambo’s domain, a land few dare to cross. His name moves through Central Africa like a storm: the…
-
Dust, Fever, and Bitter Water: Across the Ugogo Plains (Hannington Part 2)
November 5, 2025 · 15 minSend us Fan Mail The missionary James Hannington crosses the harsh Ugogo Plains of Tanzania’s Dodoma region, home of the Wagogo people. Battling wind, dust, and disease, his faith is tested in one of the most unforgiving stretches of the…
-
Into the Interior: The Road to the Kingdom of Buganda (Hannington Part 1)
October 29, 2025 · 22 minSend us Fan Mail Today marks 140 years since the death of Bishop James Hannington of the Church Missionary Society, killed on his way to the Buganda Kingdom on October 29, 1885. What many don’t realize is that this was actually his second…
-
Enkai: The God Who Changes Color
September 30, 2025 · 22 minSend us Fan Mail Enkai is the creator god of the Maasai people. He reveals himself in three colors: white, red, and black. Among them, red and black speak the loudest. Inspired by the oral traditions of the Maasai, this episode follows a…
-
Dead Kings, Alive Wives: The Royal Women of Kasubi Tombs
August 31, 2025 · 13 minSend us Fan Mail The king may be gone but his wives remain. At the royal tombs of Kasubi, a small community of women continues to serve long after death. They are the royal widows of Buganda: chosen from different clans, bound to the king…
About the show
Those Who Came Before Us is an immersive journey into African history, oral traditions, and the pre-colonial kingdoms of the Great Lakes. From Buganda and Bunyoro to the mysteries of the Bachwezi and the spirits of Lake Victoria, each episode blends history and myth to reveal the emotional and spiritual world of East Africa. Together, we hold a lantern to the darkness of the past. So that the stories, fears, and ambitions of those who came before us are never forgotten.
New episodes explore African mythology, Buganda history, and the hidden worlds of pre-colonial East Africa.