Ganwa
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. They have launched several appeals to be recognized as a distinct socio-cultural grouping.
Origins
Burundi's Ganwa dynasty were not from the Hima stock, as was the case for the Nyiginya dynasty of Rwanda.
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.
References
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- ↑ 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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