Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ...
by bildung on Friday February 12, 2021 @06:46AM
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No, 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_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
Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ...
by leereeves on Friday February 12, 2021 @09:45AM
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The topic has its own English Wikipedia article:
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/Tutsi#Origins_and_classificati...
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.
[0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shake-Hands-Devil-Failure-Humanity/...