The Cwezi Princess, A tale of Bunyoro-Kitara

King Kamurasi wanted to marry off her beautiful daughter Kakwanzi

Two Men who wanted to be part of the royal kings lineage fought a blood bath battle that saw the princess drawn in a river and disappear.

The princess is recovered by a remote tribe of the Batwa (very short people). The Batwa have a strong admiration for the princesses beauty and elegance.

Since the princess does not know her way home she decides to stay and gets to know and learn the language of the Twa people and she even falls in love with koojo, a twa boyfriend

While in Karuzika(Kings Palace), King Kamurasi is in pursuit of her lost daughter

He sends his guards to look for her, they are able to locate her but are faught off by the Batwa.

The surviving guard reports back to the King, the king sends a full army(barusura) to rescue her daughter

Battle ensures and the princess is recovered

The Princess returns but she fell in love with the Batwa people of how well they treated her as well her boyfriend koojo

Kakwanzi tells her father that she had eventually found true love, and tries to convince her father, but he refuses, as a princess can’t marry a commoner.

Koojo meanwhile is also in search of the Princess

The princess escapes from the palace to return back to the Batwa people and to Koojo.

The father is infuriated but has nothing to do.

On the wedding of the princess and koojo, King Kamurasi appears suddenly to bless the marriage

Koojo and Kakwanzi live happily ever after

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