Kanyarwanda I Gahima I
| Gahima I | |
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| Mwami (King),Progenitor | |
| Reign | UNKNOWN |
| Died | Unknown |
| Dynasty | Nyiginya |
| Father | Unknown |
| Mother | Nyiragahima Nyamususa |
Gahima I (also known as Kanyarwanda I, Kayima I, Ghem, Khem, Kakama,Khm among East Africans was Mwami, or King of Rwanda supposedly after Gihanga's long reign around the Nile source. Gahima I is believed to be the earliest ancestor of Bahima and Batutsi people although some versions of Rwandan oral legend portray him to be the general ancestral patriarch of Twa, Hutu and Tutsi groups that all form the indigenous Rwandan society.Just as he is believed to be a child or grandson of Gihanga a name that means bighead or creator,Gahima's maternal grandfather is orally cited in Rwandan tradition as Rurenge. A name that signifies "Bigfoot".
Ancestry
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