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Article: Hutu
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- Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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Hutu
PRONUNCIATION:
HOO-too
LOCATION:
Rwanda; Burundi
POPULATION:
Approximately 10 million
LANGUAGE:
Kinyarwanda; Kirundi; French; Swahili
RELIGION:
Christianity combined with traditional beliefs
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INTRODUCTION
The word
Hutu
is the name for the majority of people who live in the countries of Rwanda and Burundi. The Hutu have much in common with the other peoples of these countries, the Tutsi and the Twa. All three groups speak the same Bantu language.
Social relations in Rwanda and Burundi were affected by European rule. Both countries were European colonies between 1890 and 1962. The Germans ruled from 1890 until the end of World War I (1914
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18). They favored ...