Tutsi - Wikipedia
The Tutsi (/ ˈ t ʊ t s i / [2]), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si]), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. [3]
Tutsi | Ethnic Group, Rwanda, Burundi | Britannica
2 天之前 · Tutsi, ethnic group of probable Nilotic origin, whose members live within Rwanda and Burundi. The Tutsi formed the traditional aristocratic minority in both countries, constituting about 9 percent and 14 percent of the population, respectively. The Tutsis’ numbers in Rwanda were greatly reduced by
Rwandan Genocide ‑ Facts, Response & Trials | HISTORY
2009年10月14日 · The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occured in 1994 when members of the Hutu ethnic majority in the east-central African nation of Rwanda murdered as...
Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter - BBC News
In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political...
Rwanda genocide of 1994 | Summary, History, Date, Background, …
2024年12月16日 · The Rwanda genocide of 1994 was a planned campaign of mass murder in the country that occurred over some 100 days in April–July 1994. The genocide was conceived by extremist elements of Rwanda’s majority Hutu population who planned to kill the minority Tutsi population. More than 800,000 civilians were killed.
Origins of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa - Wikipedia
The origins of the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa peoples is a major issue of controversy in the histories of Rwanda and Burundi, as well as the Great Lakes region of Africa. The relationship among the three modern populations is thus, in many ways, derived from the perceived origins and claim to "Rwandan-ness".
History (HRW Report - Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in …
Forerunners of the people who are now known as Hutu and Tutsi settled the region over a period of two thousand years. Originally organized in small groups based on lineage or on loyalty to an...
Tutsi - Encyclopedia.com
2018年6月8日 · The Tutsi are a people who live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They have much in common with the other groups of this region, the Twa and the Hutu. Their cultures are similar, and they all speak the same language. In the past, the Tutsi were cattle herders. They were a minority of the population.
Tutsi - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
Tutsi (also called Batusi, Tussi, Watusi, or Watutsi) are people of Central Africa. Numbering some 1.5 million, the Tutsi are one of three ethnic groups that make up the populations of Burundi and Rwanda. (The other two are the Hutu and the Twa.) The Cushitic-speaking Tutsi traditionally were nomadic pastoralists who probably originally came ...
The Tutsi || In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa 1885 …
Based on their physical characteristics--they are among the tallest people in Africa--and their aristocratic demeanor, the Tutsi were assumed by early 20th-century Westerners to be the most "advanced" African peoples in the now-denounced evolutionary scheme promulgated at the time.