From Class Divide to Ethnic Conflict: The Hutu and Tutsi of Rwanda

Ruchi Negi

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i05.840

From Class Divide to Ethnic Conflict: The Hutu and Tutsi of Rwanda

Author(s)	Ruchi Negi
Country	India
Abstract	The Hutu people, the Tutsi people, and the Twa people make up Rwanda's three main ethnic groups. The Hutus have been a social group that has been subjugated ever since the Tutsi feudal kingdom ruled the region in the 10th century. The hostilities between the Tutsis and the Hutus did not become centred on race until the Belgian colonisation of Rwanda. During this time, the Belgians spread the notion that Tutsis were the superior ethnicity, which contributed to the animosity between the two groups. The economic disparities that existed between the Tutsis and the Hutus were the root cause of the conflict that erupted between the two groups. People who worked in agriculture were referred to as "Hutus," while those who tended cattle were called "Tutsis." Most Rwandans were Hutus. Gradually, these class distinctions were seen as racial categorizations of people. Because cattle were more important than crops, a small ethnic minority known as the Tutsis rose to become the ruling class in their region. When Belgium took control of the territory in 1917, an ethnic Tutsi elite that had been controlling the monarchy for a considerable amount of time had already been in place by the time Germany took control of it in 1884.
Keywords	Hatred, Racial, Superior
Field	Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In	Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2022
Published On	2022-10-03
Cite This	From Class Divide to Ethnic Conflict: The Hutu and Tutsi of Rwanda - Ruchi Negi - IJFMR Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2022. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i05.840
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i05.840
Short DOI	https://doi.org/grb58v

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