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Immaculée Ilibagiza, Rwandan-American author, Genocide survivor Charles Ingabire , journalist and government critic, murdered in 2011 Félicien Kabuga (b. 1935), businessman
From the fifteenth century, when the Tutsi arrived in what is now Rwanda as migrant pastoralists, to the onset of colonization, Rwanda was a feudal monarchy. A Tutsi monarch ruled, distributing land and political authority through hereditary chiefs whose power was manifest in their land and cattle ownership. Most of these chiefs were Tutsis.
Traditionally, Rwandan women of marriageable age and high-status Rwandan men would wear the Amasunzu hairstyle, with the hair styled into elaborate crests. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] A considerable amount of traditional arts and crafts is produced by the Banyarwanda, although most originated as functional items rather than purely for decoration.
Rwanda joined the East African Community in 2007, and has ratified a plan for monetary union amongst the seven member nations, [175] which could eventually lead to a common East African shilling. [176] Rwanda is a country of few natural resources, [133] and the economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture by local farmers using simple ...
Finally, this history helps explain perhaps the most vexing aspect of Rwanda to those looking on from outside: Mr. Kagame’s longevity in office and Rwandans’ apparent consent to it. “Rwanda ...
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This article contains a list of kings of Rwanda. The Kingdom of Rwanda was ruled by sovereigns titled mwami (plural abami), and was one of the oldest and the most centralized kingdoms in the history of Central and East Africa. Its state and affairs before King Gihanga I are largely unconfirmed and highly shrouded in mythical tales.
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