Ethnic group inhabiting the African Great Lakes region
Tutsi Abatutsi
Regions with significant populations
Burundi
1.7 million (14% of the total population)
Rwanda
1–2 million (9%–15% of the total population)[1]
Languages
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi
Religion
Christianity (80%), Islam (5%)
Related ethnic groups
Other Rwanda-Rundi peoples
The Tutsi (/ˈtʊtsi/[2]), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (Kinyarwanda pronunciation:[ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si]), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region.[3] They are a Bantu-speaking[4] ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic group Hutu and the Pygmy group of the Twa).[5]
Historically, the Tutsi were pastoralists and filled the ranks of the warriors' caste. Before 1962, they regulated and controlled Rwandan society, which was composed of Tutsi aristocracy and Hutu commoners, utilizing a clientship structure. They occupied the dominant positions in the sharply stratified society and constituted the ruling class.[5]
^After the Rwandan genocide there was no more ethnic census; an estimated 9 to 15 percent of the population is Tutsi
^"Tutsi". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^Pauls, Elizabeth Prine; et al., eds. (2007). "Tutsi". Britannica. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^"Rwanda | Language & Facts". Britannica. 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ abBrenneman, Richard (1969). Rwanda, a Country Study. United States: US Government. p. 46. LCCN 2007492448. OCLC 22675245. 9910001051459703686.
The Tutsi (/ˈtʊtsi/), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si]), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes...
against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority...
between the Hutu and the Tutsi, two of the three ethnic groups in Rwanda. The revolution saw the country transition from a Tutsi monarchy under Belgian...
Congo, where they form one of the principal ethnic groups alongside the Tutsi and the Great Lakes Twa. The Hutu is the largest of the three main population...
Bujumbura, the latter being the country's largest city. The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200...
allied with the Rwandan court. A convergence of anti-colonial, and anti-Tutsi sentiment resulted in Belgium granting national independence in 1962. Direct...
about 85% of Rwanda's population; the Tutsis, which are 14%; and the Twa, which are around 1%. Starting with the Tutsi feudal monarchy rule of the 10th century...
This is a list of notable Tutsis Ruganzu I ex king of Rwanda – 1438–1482 Cyirima I ex king of Rwanda – 1482–1506 Kigeli I ex king of Rwanda – 1506–1528...
dispute between the Hutu and Tutsi groups within the Rwandan population. A 1959–1962 revolution had replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a Hutu-led republic...
The Kingdom of Rwanda dominated from the mid-eighteenth century, with the Tutsi kings conquering others militarily, centralising power, and enacting unifying...
the ethnic superiority of Hutu, often in the context of being superior to Tutsi and Twa, and that therefore they are entitled to dominate and murder these...
province. The Banyamulenge are culturally and socially distinct from the Tutsi of North Kivu, with most speaking Kinyamulenge, a mix of Kinyarwanda (official...
political party in Rwanda. The RPF was founded in December 1987 by Rwandan Tutsi in exile in Uganda because of the ethnic violence that had occurred during...
conventional, documental portrayal of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. In 2005 Alison Des Forges wrote that eleven years after the genocide...
mean any civilian militias or bands killing Tutsi. The Interahamwe were driven out of Rwanda after Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory in...
Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana. Based on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which occurred during the spring of 1994, the film documents...
Mass killings of Tutsis were conducted by the majority-Hutu populace in Burundi from 21 October to December 1993, under an eruption of ethnic animosity...
was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic groups. The conflict began following the first multi-party elections...
south of Kigali in Rwanda, which commemorates the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. The remains of 50,000 people are buried here. The memorial is...
Kitara expanse. Now the modern-day Republic of Rwanda, It was ruled by a Tutsi monarchy. It was one of the oldest and the most centralized kingdoms in...
Collines (RTLM), publishing articles harshly critical of the RPF and of Tutsis generally. Its sensationalist news was passed by word-of-mouth through the...
characterised as a genocide—which were committed in Burundi in 1972 by the Tutsi-dominated army and government, primarily against educated and elite Hutus...
to 2000 after which the vice-presidential post was abolished. Born to a Tutsi family in southern Rwanda that fled to Uganda when he was two years old...
six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. The others are the Kigali Memorial Centre, Ntarama Memorial Centre...
The Musha Church massacre refers to the killing of more than a thousand Tutsi civilians in April 1994 by Interahamwe, a Hutu paramilitary organization...
to find closure after bearing witness to the killing of nearly 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 100 days, while becoming divided by politics and losing...
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