205 x 152 mm. A group portrait showing Kabarega seated with three of his wives and two other unidentified Africans. Kabarega (c.1850-1923) succedded his father Kamurasi to the Bunyoro throne in 1869 after a civil war with his brother. He then set about restoring the old Bunyoro Kingdom and by 1876 had conquered the neighbouring Toro country. His hostility to the British (who under Lugard had restored the autonomy of Toro in 1891) resulted in the invasion of Bunyoro. Kabarega was finally deafeated and deposed in 1899. During his exile in the Seychelles, he was converted to Christianity and was allowed to return to Uganda as a private citizen in 1923, dying however almost immediately upon arrival.