Wahinda ni ukoo au tabaka (kuliko kuwa kabila) katika Afrika Mashariki, hasa Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda na Burundi, waliposhika mara nyingi nafasi za uongozi juu ya makabila mbalimbali Wahinda walitokea kaskazini, ilivyoonyesha sura yao kama watu warefu weupe. Wahinda waliamini ngoma ni takatifu, hivyo haikutakiwa kuonekana na mmojawao isipokuwa sultani. Sam Magara, kiongozi wa kijeshi wa Uganda, alikuwa Muhinda wa kabila la Wahima. They are mentioned in Richard Francis Burton's The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration, Vol. 2., P. 219. ..."Of the tribes dwelling about the Nyanaz, ... Remain the Wahinda, a clan or class alluded to in this and a former chapter... The Wahinda (in the singular Muhinda) are, according to some Arabs, a foreign and ruling family, who coming from a distant country, probably in the neighbourhood of Somaliland, conquered the lands, and became Sultans. This opinion seems to rest upon physical peculiarities – the superiority of the Wahinda in figure, stature, and complexion to their subjects suggesting a difference of origin.