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The Kingdom of Burundi (French: Royaume du Burundi), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (Kirundi: Ubwami bw'Urundi), was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Republic of Burundi. The Ganwa monarchs (with the title of mwami ) ruled over both Hutus and Tutsis .
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The Kingdom of Burundi was ruled by sovereigns, titled mwami (plural abami), whose regnal names followed a cycle: Ntare (meaning 'lion'), Mwezi (meaning 'moon'), Mutaga, and Mwambutsa. Traditionally, it was thought that there had been four complete cycles but the modern genealogy indicates that there were only two complete cycles, starting with ...
The origins of Burundi are known from a mix of oral history and archaeology. [1] There are two main founding legends for Burundi. Both suggest that the nation was founded by a man named Cambarantama. The other version, more common in pre-colonial Burundi says that Cambarantama came from the southern state of Buha. [2]
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Second Royal standard of the Kingdom of Burundi: 1962-1966: First flag of the Kingdom of Burundi [10] 1962-1966: First flag of the Kingdom of Burundi (Drum variant) 1961-1962: Flag of Burundi under Ruanda-Urundi: 1959-1962: First Royal standard of the Kingdom of Burundi: 1926-1945: First flag of the Belgian Congo [11] 1916-1962: Flag of the ...
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Ririkumutima was born in the mid-nineteenth century in the Kingdom of Burundi, [2] the third daughter of Chief Sekawonyi of the Watussi Munyakarama clan by his wife Inankinso. [3] One of thirteen wives of Mwezi Gisabo (ca. 1850 – 1908), king of Burundi, Ririkumutima gave birth to three daughters and six sons.