Tutsi
Sign in to saveThe Tutsi ( ), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group established primarily in Rwanda and Burundi. They are a Bantu-speaking people and the second-largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and Twa.
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The Tutsi are an ethnic group primarily living in Rwanda and Burundi who speak Bantu languages and make up the second-largest population in those countries after the Hutu. Understanding the Tutsi matters because ethnic divisions in Rwanda and Burundi have been central to major historical conflicts and political developments in the region.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Tutsi Abatutsi
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 1.7 million (14% of the total population)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 1–2 million (9%–15% of the total population)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Christianity (80%), Islam (5%)
- Ethnic group.langs
- Kinyarwanda, Kirundi
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Rwanda-Rundi peoples and Hima people
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16 sectionsContents
- Origins and classification
- Genetics
- Y-DNA (paternal lineages)
- Autosomal DNA (overall ancestry)
- Height
- History
- Independence of Rwanda and Burundi (1962)
- Ethnic violence in Burundi (1993)
- 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
- Culture
- Tutsi in the Congo
- Banyarwanda in North Kivu and South Kivu
- Conflict and Contemporary Issues
- Notable people
- References
- External links
The Tutsi ( ), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group established primarily in Rwanda and Burundi. They are a Bantu-speaking people and the second-largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and Twa.
Historically, the Tutsi were pastoralists and filled the ranks of the warrior caste. Before 1962, they regulated and controlled Rwandan society, which consisted of Tutsi aristocrats and Hutu commoners under a clientship structure. The Tutsi occupied the dominant positions in the sharply stratified society and constituted the ruling class.