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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, and Congo. The Tutsi are spectacularly tall, often 7 ft (2.1 m) in height.

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	Hutu and Tutsi. (Rwanda) Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 6/15/1994
	Civilians caught in middle as Tutsis, Hutus feud in Burundi.(war in Burundi, Africa) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/21/1995
	Dutch judges convict Rwanda Hutu of killing Tutsis News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/23/2009

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