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Tutsi
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Tut·si  (tts) also Wa·tut·si (wä-) or Wa·tu·si (-t-)
n. pl. Tutsi or Tut·sis also Watutsi or Wa·tut·sis or Watusi or Wa·tu·sis
A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.
[Kinyarwanda.]
Tutsi [ˈtuːtsɪ]
n pl -si, -sis
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi, probably a Nilotic people
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Noun1.Tutsi - a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and BurundiTutsi - a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Watusi, Watutsi
Burundi, Republic of Burundi - a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandese Republic - a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
Translations
Tutsi [ˈtʊtsi]
adj → tutsi(e)
n → Tutsi(e) m/f
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76) The Kyaka area first hosted refugees in the 1950s following the political turmoil in Rwanda that led to the flight of thousands of Batutsi into Uganda.
A remaining hope for durable solutions: local integration of refugees ... by Dryden-Peterson, Sarah; Hovil, Lucy / Refuge
Therefore, the Batutsi in Rwanda and Burundi who constituted the ruling group must have come from somewhere else outside the Great Lakes region.
The roots of the Great Lakes' conflict: we are ready and willing to ... by Kagame, Paul / New African
He expressed particular concern about the persecution of the Batutsi based on the mythical racial theory that categorizes them as Hamitic, Caucasian black people who must be exterminated because of their sinister plans to rule Africa.
Heart of Africa: ... (Julius) Nyerere is ... still active in attempts ... by Bunting, Ikaweba / New Internationalist
 
 
 
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