who are #Tutsi ,Abatutsi ,watusi?
THE TUTSI TRIBE OF RWANDA ๐ท๐ผ AND BURUNDI ๐ง๐ฎ OF EAST AFRICAN REGION!!!!
The Abatutsi, or Tutsi are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi. They speak Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, and, Swahili languages.
Tutsi, also called Batusi, Tussi, Watusi, or Watutsi, ethnic group of probable Nilotic origin, whose members live within Rwanda and Burundi
They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows (a sign of wealth) or with the physical features of a longer thin nose, high cheekbones, and many of them being over six feet tall and slim all of which are common descriptions associated with the Tutsi.
Rwanda ๐ท๐ผ the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' and Burundi ๐ง๐ฎHeart of Africa are countries located in East part of Africa
Tutsi people have been persecuted for so long in both Rwanda and burundi .we all remember that tutsi were massacred by Hutu people in Rwanda in 1994 and in 1993 in Burundi.
N.B.we can mention that untill this time Tutsi people are still maltreated,persecuted and hatred by the government of Hutus in Burundi
๐ธ Tutsi woman of Rwanda, photographed by Eliot Elisofon in 1959.
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