The Hutu Tribe The culture of the Hutu and Tutsi tribes of Rwanda‚ Africa interests me for many reasons. One reason is that they are so diverse from our American way of life. Another reason is that I have heard a little bit about them in the news and by talking to people. This sparked my interest and made me want to learn more about them. I will cover a wide variety of information in my report. This will include the land where they live‚ their way of life‚ their history and ancestry‚ and what
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Present day Burundi is a country that has been occupied by Twa‚ Tutsi‚ and Hutu for the last 500 years. The Twa are believed to be indigenous to the land‚ and descendants of pygmies. The Hutu are believed to have migrated next form the west‚ and pushed the Twa peoples into the forests to live as hunter-gatherers. Eventually the Tutsi migrated from the Nile region‚ and now make up about 15% of the population; the Twa‚ 1%; the Hutu‚ 85%. Political unrest has been the norm for Burundi since the 19th
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twa‚ Hutu‚ and the Tutsi. The twa were known as the original tribe to settle in Rwanda. They were forest dwellers/ hunters around the Virunga mountain range‚ in the west of Africa. Their tribe numbers started decreasing immensely during the 5th century‚ when bantu-speaking Hutu started appearing. The Hutu tribe was based around animals and small cultivation; they were governed by a clan system known as bahinza. They believed that bahinza had the power to cure livestock from disease‚
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The Hutu have always been the majority of the population since they inhabited Africa in the first century. Even today the Hutu make up about 85% of the population in Burundi and 84% in Rwanda. (Galloway 2010) The Hutu speak Kinyarwanda‚ French and Swahili‚ particularly around the borders of Tanzania. The majority religion they worship is Christianity. The Hutu’s
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Hutu The mention of the word “Hutu” immediately conjures up images of mass murder from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The recent film Hotel Rwanda brought the horrible atrocities of that genocide to the public eye. However‚ it is not only in Rwanda that the Hutu have been involved in ethnic war. The country of Burundi‚ a neighbor to Rwanda‚ was the site of the first violence between the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu people of Burundi have a rich culture and history that has been largely
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what happened over the following 4 years. I shall and then take a look at how the history of Rwanda and especially the colonial rule and revolution created and ethnic divide between the Hutu and Tutsi and how this was a mayor factor of the cause of the war and genocide in the 1990’s. Thirdly I will look at the Hutu extremists use of ethnic identity as a tool to start the genocide. I shall then give my conclusion on the causes of the war and genocide in Rwanda. Summary of Events from 1990 to1994:
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the majority of the ethnic group “Hutu”. The other ethnic group in Rwanda is the “Tutsi”. These groups of people were formed by colonization of the Belgians based on the appearance of the Rwandan people. The Tutsi were the people who were known for their more appealing features. The Europeans had thought that the people who had lighter skin and that were taller were more like the Europeans. As well as that‚ they believed they were the more intelligent. For the Hutu people‚ they had the darker skin
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represented a last attempt at survival. The Hutu and Tutsi people have a similar past to each other. When Rwanda was settled‚ the Tutsi people were the people who owned most of the cattle and the rest of the people were the Hutu. It was when the Germans colonised Rwanda
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high as a million deaths‚ however‚ an official figure has never been released‚ 800‚000 is the most common figure and is the one quoted by human rights organizations. The conflict occurred as a result of long standing tensions between the 85% majority Hutu (meaning servant) population and 14% minority Tutsi (meaning rich in cattle) aristocracy as put in place by colonial Belgium. They had since been removed from power in the 1962 rebellion and since then had been seen as second class citizens. As a result
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population of seven million people was composed of three ethnic groups: 1. Hutu (approximately 85%) 2. Tutsi (approx. 14%) 3. Twa (approx. 1%) Who Are the Hutu‚ Tutsi and Twa? The Hutu and Tutsi are two peoples who share a common past. When Rwanda was first settled‚ the people who lived there raised cattle. Soon‚ the people who owned the most cattle were called "Tutsi" and everyone else was called "Hutu." At this time‚ a person could easily change categories through marriage or cattle
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