Yuhi III Mazimpaka

Yuhi III Mazimpaka (Scientific Orthography: "Yuhi wa Gatatu Mazimpakâ") was the Mwami (King) of kingdom of Rwanda from 1642–1675.
He is remembered as having been an exceptionally handsome young King. He was a highly intelligent and creative man.He is said to have been a painter with words ("umusizi")/poet and a prophet. He revealed from his dreams the coming of a pale race of people in many years after his death that would lead to the downfall of his kingdom.
King Yuhi III commissioned a construction of a three storeyed house made of tree trunks,reeds and grass straws at a place known as "Kamonyi".
It is thought to have been the first storeyed house ever built in Rwanda.
He suffered occasional mental illness due to his combination of intensive meditations/envisioning and the daily running of the Kingdom.
He died from a leg injury which he sustained from an attempt to dive from a high rock into a lake where he had gone to swim.