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What do we know about the pre-colonial nature of Tutsi vs Hutu relations?
There was a massive genocide in Rwanda in 1994 when close to a 500k-1M ethnic Tutsis were massacred by ethnic Hutus in the space of three months.
(The population of Rwanda is 13M, about 85% Hutu, 15% ...
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How did the Belgians issue ID cards with ethnicity to women in Ruanda-Urundi?
I've read about how the Belgians issued ID cards to the inhabitants of their colony Ruanda-Urundi (later independent under the names of Rwanda and Burundi):
Indeed, the Belgian colonists classified a ...
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Rwanda: Tutsis passing themselves as Hutus during the genocide
I'm searching for info about one (minor) question concerning the genocide in Rwanda 1994: Is there evidence of Tutsis trying to pass themselves off as Hutus to avoid being killed?
(I know that this ...
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