Tutsi

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The Tutsi are a traditionally cattle-herding ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region, historically associated with political power and monarchy in Rwanda and Burundi.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
alsoFoundIn Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
colonialClassificationBy Belgian colonial authorities ⓘ
German colonial authorities ⓘ
colonialPolicyFeature ethnic identity cards in Rwanda ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
diaspora Tutsi diaspora in Europe ⓘ
Tutsi diaspora in North America ⓘ
historicalEconomy cattle-based economy ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Burundian monarchy ⓘ
Rwandan monarchy ⓘ
political elite in Burundi ⓘ
political elite in Rwanda ⓘ
historicalStratification upper social stratum in Burundi ⓘ
upper social stratum in Rwanda ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
notableState Kingdom of Burundi ⓘ
linked to: Burundi

Kingdom of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Rwanda
populationStatusInBurundi ethnic minority ⓘ
populationStatusInRwanda ethnic minority ⓘ
postGenocidePolicyContext officially de-emphasized ethnic labels in Rwanda ⓘ
primaryCountry Burundi ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
primaryRegion African Great Lakes region ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Hima ⓘ
Hutu ⓘ
Twa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialIdentityBasis combination of ancestry, culture, and historical class status ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalOccupation cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalSystem centralized monarchy in Burundi ⓘ
centralized monarchy in Rwanda ⓘ
traditionalSymbol cattle as symbol of wealth and status ⓘ
UNGenocideRecognition recognized as primary victims of 1994 genocide in Rwanda ⓘ
victimOf 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
anti-Tutsi pogroms in Rwanda ⓘ
ethnic violence in Burundi ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rwanda → majorEthnicGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
Burundi → populationGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
Kivu → hasEthnicGroups → Tutsi ⓘ
Paul Kagame → ethnicGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
Hutu → relatedEthnicGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
Great Lakes peoples → includes → Tutsi people ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Prosecutor v. Théoneste Bagosora → victimGroup → Tutsi civilians ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Interahamwe militias → targetedGroup → Tutsis ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Burundian Civil War → primaryBelligerent → Tutsi-dominated government of Burundi ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Banyamulenge → relatedGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
Banyamulenge → relatedGroup → Rwandan Tutsi ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Banyamulenge → relatedGroup → Burundian Tutsi ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Nande people → neighboringGroup → Tutsi people ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Impuzamugambi → opposedGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
subject linked to: Impuzamugambi militia
Impuzamugambi → targetedPopulation → Tutsi civilians ⓘ
subject linked to: Impuzamugambi militia
linked to: Tutsi
Impuzamugambi → persecutedGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
subject linked to: Impuzamugambi militia
Hima → historicallyLinkedTo → Tutsi ⓘ
Mwami of Rwanda → associatedEthnicGroup → Tutsi aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Taba commune → victimGroup → Tutsi civilians ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
Hutu–Tutsi → refersTo → Tutsi ⓘ
MRND → targetedGroup → Tutsi ⓘ
MRND → victimGroup → Tutsi civilians ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
African peoples → include → Tutsi people ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi
CNDP → ethnicBase → Congolese Tutsi ⓘ
linked to: Tutsi