Ganwa is the name for the princely group that traditionally ruled Burundi. They formed a distinct social class that was neither Hutu nor Tutsi, although they were affiliated with the latter.[1][2] They have launched several appeals to be recognized as a distinct socio-cultural grouping.[3][4]
Origins
editBurundi's Ganwa Dynasty was were not from the Hima stock, as was the case for the Nyiginya Dynasty of Rwanda[5]
The White Father, Bernard Zuure reported that the first king of Burundi (Rufuku, father of Ntare), was a Hutu: "Everybody here says so, and the princes themselves told me they do not descend from a tutsi". The Ganwa kings of Burundi did not like to be called Tutsi because the Tutsi were associated with the Hima, who were despised.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Longman, Timothy (2010). Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda. ISBN 978-0-521-19139-5.
- ^ Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II, Volume 1 page 205
- ^ "Identity, politics, and economics in the East African Community's most troubled member". Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- ^ Scherrer, Christian P. (2002). Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa: Conflict Roots, Mass Violence and Regional War. ISBN 0-275-97224-0.
- ^ On Vansina's Le Rwanda Ancien:Three commentaries. p. 153.
- ^ Croyances et Pratiques Religieuses des Barundi.
- ^ Us” and “them”: reciprocal perceptions and interactions between amoko in contemporary Burundi.
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