Cwezi

The Cwezi religion is the veneration of the Cwezi, a semi-legendary clan said to have been the second ruling dynasty of the empire of Kitara in the African Great Lakes region. The Rutara peoples honour them as ancestor spirits, and tradition says the spirits left their mark on the region's hills and lakes.

Legend names Mubende as their first capital and calls them skilled blacksmiths, and their shrines are linked with iron tools and anvils. Their spirit mediums opposed later royal dynasties, such as the Biito clan of cattle herders.