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Gahima I (also known as Kanyarwanda I, Kayima I, Ghem, Khem, Kakama, Khm, Ham among East Africans is recited by the Rwandan "Abiru" (cultural historians and griots) as one of the primal Mwami, or King of Rwanda supposedly after Gihanga's long reign around the Nile source and beyond. Gahima I is believed to be the general ancestral patriarch of the Tutsi and helped unite them with the Twa and the Hutu groups that all form the indigenous Rwandan society. It is not clear whether his reign took place in the location of modern-day Rwanda as variants of his name exist in other parts of East Africa such as Uganda and Tanzania and Egypt as Kayima and Kham where they claim him as their ancient king. He is also believed to be the Biblical Ham commonly cited as one of the sons of Noah. Gahima's maternal grandfather is orally cited in Rwandan theogony and mythology as Rurenge. A name that signifies an entity with a "Big foot".

Cofusions about the name Gahima

Gahima I is Gahima Kibamba the son of Kazigaba. Gahima I is different from Gahima II the son of Gihanga. Gahima II is the Kanyarwanda while Gahima Kibamba is the Biblical Ham. Gahima II was the successor of King Gihanga.

Ancestry

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v t e 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 Nsoro II Byinshi Ruganzu I Bwimba Cyilima I Rugwe
2nd Dynasty	Kigeli I Mukobanya Mibambwe I Sekarongoro I Mutabazi Yuhi wa II Gahima II Ndahiro II Cyamatare
3rd Dynasty (1650–1961)	Ruganzu II Ndoli Mutara I Nsoro III Semugeshi Kigeli II Nyamuheshera Mibamwe II Sekarongoro II Gisanura Yuhi III Mazimpaka Kalemera Rwaka Cyilima II Rujugira Kigeli 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–present)	Kigeli V Ndahindurwa Yuhi VI

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