Hutu

E134538
Bantu peoples ethnic group

The Hutu are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily found in Rwanda and Burundi, historically forming the majority population and playing a central role in the region’s social and political dynamics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hutu canonical 6
Hutu Power 2
Hutu people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu peoples ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedConflict Burundian Civil War ⓘ
Rwandan Civil War ⓘ
associatedEvent Burundian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Burundian genocides

Rwandan genocide ⓘ
broaderEthnicCategory Rwanda-Rundi ⓘ
surface form: Banyarwanda

Rwanda-Rundi ⓘ
surface form: Barundi
colonialClassification ethnic category under Belgian colonial rule ⓘ
colonialPowerInRegion Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
culturalPractice shared clan system with Tutsi and Twa ⓘ
culturalRegion African Great Lakes ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic largest ethnic group in Burundi ⓘ
largest ethnic group in Rwanda ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Bantu languages ⓘ
formsMajorityIn Burundi ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
historicalOccupation agriculturalists ⓘ
historicalPopulationRole majority population in Burundi ⓘ
majority population in Rwanda ⓘ
historicalSocioeconomicRole primarily farmers ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu
notablePoliticalMovement National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy ⓘ
Parmehutu ⓘ
politicalRole central role in Burundian politics ⓘ
central role in Rwandan politics ⓘ
preColonialSystem part of Burundian monarchy ⓘ
part of Rwandan monarchy ⓘ
primaryLanguage Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
primaryRegion Burundi ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Tutsi ⓘ
Twa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStratification historically lower social status than Tutsi in monarchic systems ⓘ
subregion Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
surface form: African traditional religions

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rwanda → majorEthnicGroup → Hutu ⓘ
Burundi → populationGroup → Hutu ⓘ
Kivu → hasEthnicGroups → Hutu ⓘ
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi → ethnicGroups → Hutu ⓘ
Tutsi → relatedEthnicGroup → Hutu ⓘ
Great Lakes peoples → includes → Hutu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hutu people
Interahamwe militias → ethnicity → Hutu ⓘ
Interahamwe militias → ideology → Hutu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hutu Power
Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda → hasIdeology → Hutu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hutu Power