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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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This article contains two versions of the list of kings of Burundi, the traditional version before 1680 and the modern genealogy. 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 ...
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]
Burundi genocide (1972): A rebellion broke out which led to a genocide against Hutus. 1976: 2 November: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza assumed the Presidency of Burundi in a bloodless coup d'état. 1987: 3 September: 1987 Burundian coup d'état: Bagaza was deposed while in Canada. [2] 2 October: Pierre Buyoya was sworn in as President of Burundi. [3 ...
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The first recording of film in Burundi occured in 1980 when Burundian Jean-Michel Hussi Nyamusimba produced the first Burundi film, a French coproduction called Ni-Ni. [2] In 1992 Burundi’s first feature film, Gito l’Ingrat was released, a Swiss-French Burundi co-production directed by Leonce Ngabo. [1]