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The Tutsi (/ ˈ t ʊ t s i / TUUT-see [2]), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (Kinyarwanda pronunciation: [ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si]), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. [3] They are a Bantu -speaking [ 4 ] ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest ...
The Watusi / w ɑː t uː s i / is a solo dance that enjoyed brief popularity during the early 1960s. [1] It was one of the most popular dance crazes of the 1960s in the United States. [ 2 ] " Watusi" is a former name for the Tutsi people of Africa, whose traditions include spectacular dances.
Modern-day genetic studies of the Y-chromosome generally indicate that the Tutsi, like the Hutu, are largely of Bantu extraction (60%E1b1a, 20% B, 4% E3).Paternal genetic influences associated with the Horn of Africa and North Africa are few (16% E1b1b), and are ascribed to much earlier inhabitants who were assimilated.
Watusi or Watusis may refer to one of the following: Tutsi, an African ethnic group; Watusi, 1994 studio album by The Wedding Present; Watusi (dance), a solo dance from the early 1960s; Watusi, a 1959 film with George Montgomery and Taina Elg; Watusi (firework), a type of firecracker; Watusi cattle, a modern American breed of domestic cattle.
Ethnic violence peaked in 1972 when 100,000 people, mainly Hutu, were killed by the Tutsi regime in the Ikiza, the first of what is known as the Burundian genocides. [5] With discontent greatly building up, the event started with a Hutu rebellion in the Imbo region against the Micombero government, calling for a replacement of the monarchy.
While the Rwandan Constitution states that over 1 million people were killed, most scholarly estimates suggest between 500,000 and 662,000 Tutsi died. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The genocide was marked by extreme violence, with victims often murdered by neighbors, and widespread sexual violence, with between 250,000 and 500,000 women raped.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the armed rebellion against the Russian military by the Wagner group has raised "profound questions" about the war in Ukraine.
Rwanda's population had increased from 1.6 million people in 1934 to 7.1 million in 1989, leading to competition for land. [56] Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial. In 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel group composed of Tutsi refugees, invaded northern Rwanda from their base in Uganda, initiating the Rwandan Civil War. [57]