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> fake ethnic groups in Rwanda There were two distinct tribes in Rwanda, the Tutsi and the Hutus. It's quite common for some Africans to identify by tribe. Th
by secondcoming 6y ago
> fake ethnic groups in Rwanda
There were two distinct tribes in Rwanda, the Tutsi and the Hutus. It's quite common for some Africans to identify by tribe.
There is a great/depressing book by a UN general who was in Rwanda at the time. [0]
> human rights violations
To be pedantic, there were no human rights violations as there was really no legal concept of human rights at all. The what-is-now Chinese were slaughtering each other long before any White Man set foot in the place.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shake-Hands-Devil-Failure-Humanity/dp/0099478935/ref=asc_df_0099478935/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=311004790924&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13167540259377520467&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-465354625131&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shake-Hands-Devil-Failure-Humanity/...
- bildung 6y agoNo, exactly these tribes were invented (as culturally/ racially distinct) by the colonial rulers, first German, then Belgian. Interestingly this is part of the German wikipedia article, but not the English speaking one: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruanda#Ethnische_Zusammensetzung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruanda#Ethnische_Zusammensetzu... Edit: It is mentioned a bit in the article about the Hamite theory (a racist theory that formed the academic legitimization for many colonial decisions in Africa): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamites
- leereeves 6y agoThe topic has its own English Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Hutu,_Tutsi_and_Twa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_Hutu,_Tutsi_and_Twa and it's also mentioned in the articles on the two tribes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu#Origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu#Origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutsi#Origins_and_classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutsi#Origins_and_classificati...