Hutu

Noun

Meaning

a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi

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1972 genocide main On April 29, there was an outbreak of violence in the south of the country, also the base of the Hima, where bands of roving Hutu committed innumerable atrocities against Tutsi civilians. Source: Internet

As of 2006, violence between the Hutu and Tutsi had subsided, but the situation in both Rwanda and Burundi was still tense, and tens of thousands of Rwandans were still living outside the country (see Great Lakes refugee crisis ). Source: Internet

Again thousands of Hutu were forced into exile into Tanzania and Congo to flee another genocide of Hutu. Source: Internet

Although the majority of pasture lands remained under Tutsi control, the Hutu began to feel more liberation from Tutsi rule. Source: Internet

Despite Germany's attempt to uphold traditional Tutsi domination of the Hutus, the Hutu began to shift their ideas. Source: Internet

After independence in the early 1960s, Rwanda was run asa racist, sometimes violently anti-Tutsi, Hutu dictatorship. Source: Internet

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