Umwami

Umwami ( ni izina ry'icyubahiro risanzwe mu bihugu bya Afurika yo hagati n'Uburasirazuba. Risobanura umutware cyangwa umutware w'imiryango mu ndimi nyinshi za Bantu. Ryakoreshejwe mu mateka n'abami bo mu bihugu byinshi bya Afurika kandi n'ubu riracyakoreshwa ku bami gakondo cyangwa abategetsi b'uturere mu bihugu byinshi byo muri Afurika.

 Umutware w'imiryango 
Mu ndimi nyinshi za Bantu - harimo Ikirundi, Ikinyarwanda, Nande, Lega, Luhya, na Chitonga - ijambo umwami risobanura " umutware w'imiryango ".Rikoreshwa nk'izina ry'umuyobozi w'imiryango .

Byongeyeho kandi, umwami bisobanura "umutware" cyangwa "umugabo" mu kigande . Rikoreshwa nk'izina ry'umuyobozi mukuru mu batware bavuga ururimi rw'uruganda hirya no hino mu karere k'ibiyaga bigari bya Afurika, n'ubwo rishobora no gukoreshwa nk'icyubahiro rusange ku bagabo, kimwe n'icyongereza. 

Abatware gakondo ba Lenje n'abanya bo muri Zambiya, hamwe n'abanya Tonga bo muri Zambiya na Zimbabwe na bo bakoresha icyubahiro.

 Etymology 
Umwami bikomoka ku ijambo Proto Bantu risobanura umutware cyangwa umwami.

 Umwami 
Mu Bwami bw'u Rwanda, Umwami w'u Rwanda yari azwi ku izina rya umwami ( abami ari benshi). Kuva mu 1961, igihugu cyayobowe na perezida w'u Rwanda .
Ubwami bw'Uburundi bwategekwaga n'abami bitwaga mwami, hagakurikiraho rimwe mu mazina ane ya regnal yakurikiyeho. Perezida w'u Burundi yategetse kuva repubulika yatangira mu 1966.

Ubwami gakondo mu ntara ya Kivu y'Amajyaruguru, Kivu y'Amajyepfo, na Maniyema muri Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo bita abayobozi babo gakondo .

Abanya Luhya bo mu Burengerazuba bwa Kenya bavuga ko umutegetsi wabo w'ikirenga ari Umwami .
Ikiciro:Ubwami bw'u Rwanda
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Ikiciro:Umuco w' U Rwanda