Trying to do a paper on the Hutu-tutsi conflict of Rwanda/Burundi?

Question

Anybody knows anything?

Answer 1

According to many scholars, Hutus first settled in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa between five hundred and one thousand BC. Generally speaking, Hutus were an agricultural people who lived in large family groups.

The Tutsis, also known as Watutsis, were a nomadic people who began arriving in the Great Lakes region from Ethiopia some four hundred years ago. Eventually, the Tutsis settled amongst the Hutus - adopting their language, beliefs and customs.

But economic differences between the groups soon began to form. The Tutsis as cattle-herders were often in a position of economic dominance to the soil-tilling Hutus. That is not to say that all Tutsis were wealthy and all Hutus were poor, but in many areas, like Rwanda, the minority Tutsis ruled the Hutus.

Here is the rest of the article:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june99/hutus_tutsis.html

Good luck :)

Answer 2

Watch Hotel Rwanda! Excellent movie! Don Cheadle is in it.

Answer 3

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