The Hutu Tribe

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different from each other. The Hutu have larger
noses and larger all around facial features than the Tutsis. Most Tutsis are
seldom less than six feet tall, while the Hutu are very short people. The
Tutsis are related to the Masai and the people along the Nile, while the Hutus
have a Buntu history. As you can see the people that make up the tribes of the
Hutus and the Tutsis are a very diverse group of people.
The way of life for the Hutu and the Tutsis is considerably different.
Traditionally, the Tutsi were the wealthy, upper class and the Hutu were little
more than slaves. Now the power is a little more equally divided, but is still
more in favor of the Tutsis. The Hutu are mainly peasant farmers, while the
Tutsis are mainly animal stock breeders. One thing that the Hutu and the Tutsi
have in common is that they are both a Buntu language speaking group. The basis
of the natives' religion is a belief that there is a supreme principle of good
known as Imana. Followers ...

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Tutsis are a warrior tribe of Hamatic origin. Sometimes called the
"Watutsi", they invaded the Hutu in Rwanda from the North. The Hutu couldn't
defend themselves and they were taken over by the Tutsi and reduced to serfdom.
Each Hutu chose a Tutsi Lord who gave them use of cattle. There wasn't much
conflict until 1959 when a civil war broke out when the leaders of both tribes
were killed. The Hutu tried to get equality through the National Party of Hutu
Emancipation. This did not work however. In 1960, elections were held under
Belgium supervision. More Hutus won and the Hutus took over the government.
The Hutu Gregoire Kayibanda was elected president. Two years later Rwanda ...

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