TUTSI

WHERE THEY LIVE

• The Tutsi live in Rwanda.
• Rwanda is located in Central/Eastern Africa.

LANGUAGE

• The Tutsi speak Rwanda-Rundi as their native language.
• Rwanda-Rundi is subdivided into the Kinyarwanda and Kirundi dialects.

RELIGION

• Rwanda has a population of 8.6 million, 90% Hutu, 9% Tutsi.
• Religion of the people is 1% Muslim, 25% Indigenous beliefs, 74% Christian.

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• This is where Rwanda is located.

ADDITIONAL FACTS

• They were often referred to as the Watutsi Watusi,Wahuma or the Wahima.
• The Northern Tutsi that reside in Rwanda are called Ruguru .

POPULATION

• There are 2.5 million in Rwanda and Burundi.

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• When European colonists conducted censuses,
• they wanted to identify people in Rwanda based off a classification scheme.
• They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows,
• with the physical feature of a longer nose,
• or a longer neck.

THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE

• This was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda
• From April 7, 1994, to mid-July, 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed.

WORKS CITED

• "Rwandan Genocide."-Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.
• "Tutsi." - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.
• "Origins of Hutu and Tutsi." - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.