Hutu–Tutsi

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Hutu–Tutsi refers to the two closely related but historically politicized ethnic groups in the African Great Lakes region, whose tensions and power struggles have fueled major conflicts and genocides in Rwanda and Burundi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic relationship
interethnic grouping
sociopolitical construct
associatedWithCountry Burundi NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
Rwanda NERFINISHED
associatedWithIdeology Hutu Power NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligion Christianity
Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda NERFINISHED
traditional African religions
ethnolinguisticFamily Bantu-speaking peoples NERFINISHED
Great Lakes Bantu NERFINISHED
hasAssociatedGroup Twa NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup Hutu NERFINISHED
Tutsi NERFINISHED
hasKeyPeriod colonial era in Rwanda-Urundi
post-independence politics in Burundi
post-independence politics in Rwanda
precolonial kingdoms of Rwanda and Burundi
historicallyCharacterizedBy ethnic tension
political inequality
social stratification
historicallyPoliticized yes
influencedBy Belgian colonial rule
German colonial rule
colonial racial theories
linkedToEvent Burundian Civil War NERFINISHED
Burundian genocides NERFINISHED
Great Lakes refugee crises NERFINISHED
Rwandan Civil War NERFINISHED
Rwandan genocide NERFINISHED
locatedIn African Great Lakes region NERFINISHED
refersTo Hutu NERFINISHED
Tutsi NERFINISHED
relatedConcept ethnic classification
ethnic violence
reconciliation processes in Burundi
reconciliation processes in Rwanda
social caste-like system
sharesCulture Burundian culture
Rwandan culture
sharesLanguage Kinyarwanda NERFINISHED
Kirundi
subjectOf African history research
ethnic conflict studies
genocide studies
postcolonial studies
usedIn identity cards in colonial Burundi
identity cards in colonial Rwanda

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