Dr. Michael Bazzebulala Nsimbi, MBE (March 10, 1910 – March 5, 1994) was a Ugandan teacher, poet who was considered the Father of Ganda literature,[1] was a pioneer of Luganda language, culture and written forms.
In the 1940s, Nsimbi produced Ennono z’Abaganda (The Origins of Baganda), a foundational work in the development of Luganda orthography and historiography.
Chairman of the society from 1963 to 1987, Nsimbi was a driving force, together with Dr Livingstone Walusimbi, in establishing a Luganda-language curriculum for the first time at Makerere University in 1976, the country's only university at the time.
Nsimbi also encouraged the revival of other local languages and cultures in the nation of Uganda.
He was made an MBE in 1960, and was awarded the Uganda Independence Medal in 1963.