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Tutsi

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tutsi or Watutsi , cattle-raising people of central Africa, particularly in Burundi and Rwanda ; they are also known as Watusi or Batusi. The original Tutsi homeland was probably in Ethiopia, and c.400 years ago they migrated south to around Lake Kivu. Here they established the native kingdoms of Rwanda and Burundi, ruled by a mwami (king). An aristocratic people, the Tutsi long held the peasant Bahutu, or Hutu, in feudal subjugation. In the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, despite much integration of Tutsi and Hutu culture, many members of both tribes died in bloody fighting in Burundi, Rwanda,... Read more
Tutsi
...family) and number some 1.5 million. The Tutsi represent a traditional aristocratic minority...Hutu . Originally warrior-herders, the Tutsi entered the area in the 14th or 15th century...to be of divine origin. Today Hutu and Tutsi cultures have largely become integrated... Read more
Tutsi
Tutsi PRONUNCIATION: TOOT-see LOCATION: Rwanda, Burundi, northeastern...combined with traditional beliefs 1 • INTRODUCTION The Tutsi are a people who live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the northeastern...similar, and they all speak the same language. In the past, the Tutsi were cattle herders. They were a ... Read more

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