Rwanda

The Kingdom of Rwanda grew from a chiefdom centered on Gasabo hill near Lake Muhazi.

Between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries its rulers gradually brought neighboring chiefdoms under their authority, absorbing central Rwanda in the sixteenth century. Tradition recalled King Ruganzu II Ndoli taking refuge in Karagwe before returning to Rwanda; he became known as a warrior king and subdued outlying Hutu communities in the seventeenth century.