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Mythologies of the Tutsi Tribe

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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 established primarily in Rwanda and Burundi .   They are a Bantu -speaking  people and the second-largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and Twa .  Historically, the Tutsi were pastoralists and filled the ranks of the warrior caste . Before 1962, they regulated and controlled Rwandan society, which consisted of Tutsi aristocrats and Hutu commoners under a clientship structure. The Tutsi occupied the dominant positions in the sharply stratified society and constituted the ruling class.  The Tutsi also derive a significant amount of their ancestry from the Sog Eastern Sahelians (a long-extinct Nilo-Saharan group). The Sog were agro-pastoralists who entered Rwanda and Burundi in 2,000 BC, mostly settling in southern Rwanda and to the east and wes...
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Mythologies of the Hutu/Abahutu Tribe

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The Hutu ( / ˈ h uː t uː / ), also known as the Abahutu , are a Bantu ethnic group native to the African Great Lakes region. They primarily live in Rwanda , Burundi , Uganda and eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo where they form one of the principal ethnic groups alongside the Tutsi and the Great Lakes Twa .  The Hutu is the largest of the three main population divisions in Burundi and Rwanda . Prior to 2017, the CIA World Factbook stated that 84% of Rwandans and 85% of Burundians are Hutu, with Tutsis being the second largest ethnic group at 15% and 14% of residents of Rwanda and Burundi, respectively. However, these figures were omitted in 2017 and no new figures have been published since then.  The Hutu are believed to have first emigrated to the Great Lake region from Central Africa in the great Bantu expansion .   Various theories have emerged to explain the purported physical differences between them and their fellow Bantu -speaking neighb...
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