Kanyarwanda I Gahima I

Gahima I
Mwami (King),Progenitor
Dynasty	Nyiginya
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

Ancestors of Kanyarwanda I Gahima I

3. Gihanga I

2. Gahima I

1. Yuhi I Musindi

Regnal titles
Preceded by Gihanga	King of Rwanda Antiquity	Succeeded by Yuhi I Musindi

References

Kings of Rwanda

1st Dynasty	Gihanga Kanyarwanda I Gahima I Yuhi I Musindi Rumeza Nyarume Rubanda Ndahiro I Ruyange Ndahiro Ndoba Ndahiro Samembe Nsoro I Samukondo Ruganzu I Bwimba Cyilima Rugwe

2nd Dynasty (1378 - 1510)	Kigeli I Mukobanya Mibambwe I Sekarongoro I Mutabazi Yuhi wa II Gahima II Ndahiro wa II Cyamatare

3rd Dynasty (1510 - 1961)	Ruganzu II Ndoli Mutara I Nsoro II Semugeshi Kigeli II Nyamuheshera Mibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura Yuhi III Mazimpaka Cyilima II Rujugira Kigeli wa III Ndabarasa Mibambwe III Mutabazi II Sentabyo Yuhi IV Gahindiro Mutara II Rwogera Kigeli IV Rwabugiri Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa Yuhi V Musinga Mutara III Rudahigwa Kigeli V Ndahindurwa

Pretenders (1961 - )	Kigeli V

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