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  2. Tutsi - Wikipedia

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    Tutsi are native to Burundi and Rwanda along with the Hutu and Twa. Secondly, there are minority Tutsi in North Kivu and Kalehe in South Kivu – being part of the Banyarwanda (Hutu and Tutsi) community. These are not Banyamulenge. Most of the Banyarwandans came when they fled the genocide in Rwanda.

  3. Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Bisesero Genocide Memorial is a national memorial in Rwanda commemorating the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. 40,000 people were killed where the memorial now stands. [ 1 ] Location

  4. Kigali Genocide Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Kigali Genocide Memorial commemorates the 1994 Rwandan genocide.The remains of over 250,000 people are interred there. [1]There is a visitor centre for students and others wishing to understand the events leading up to the Rwanda genocide against Tutsi in 1994.

  5. Kingdom of Rwanda - Wikipedia

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    The borders of the kingdom were rounded out in the late 19th century by Mwami Rwabugiri, who is regarded as Rwanda’s greatest king. By 1900, Rwanda was a unified state with a centralized military structure. [14] Owing to its isolation, Rwanda's engagement with the Indian Ocean slave trade was

  6. Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre - Wikipedia

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    This Memorial Center is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. The others are the Kigali Memorial Centre, Ntarama Memorial Centre and others at Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre, Bisesero Memorial Centre and Nyarubuye. [1] Mummified bodies of genocide victims. 2001 Mummified genocide victims.

  7. Kabgayi - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Rwanda before the European colonial powers arrived was ruled by a Tutsi elite of about 15% of the population over a Hutu peasant class of about 85%. Both are thought to have migrated from elsewhere at some time in the past, the Tutsis from the east and the Hutu from the north.

  8. Rwanda Nziza - Wikipedia

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    Rwanda's original national anthem, written when the country achieved independence from Belgium in 1962, was called "Rwanda Rwacu" ("Our Rwanda").Independence was achieved at a time of high tension, following the Rwandan Revolution: centuries of rule by the minority Tutsi group had been overturned in just three years, the majority Hutu taking power in a violent upheaval, and forcing more than ...

  9. Kigali - Wikipedia

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    The earliest inhabitants of what is now Rwanda were the Twa, a group of aboriginal pygmy hunter-gatherers who settled the area between 8000 and 3000 BC and remain in the country today. [7] [8] They were followed between 700 BC and AD 1500 by a number of Bantu groups, including the Hutu and Tutsi, who began clearing forests for agriculture.