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History of Burundi - Colonial rule

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History of Burundi - Colonial rule: Encyclopedia II - History of Burundi - Colonial rule

Even after this the foreign presence was minimal and the kings continued to rule much as before. Exposure to Europeans did, however, bring devastating diseases affecting both people and animals. Affecting the entire region, Burundi was especially hard hit. A great famine hit in 1905, with others striking the entire Great Lakes region in 1914, 1923, and 1944. Between 1905 and 1914 half the population of the western plains region died. In 1916 Belgian troops conquered the area during the First World War. In 1923, the League of Nations m ...

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History of Burundi - Colonial rule: Encyclopedia II - History of Burundi - Independence

Full independence was achieved on July 1, 1962. In the context of weak democratic institutions at independence, Tutsi King Mwambutsa IV established a constitutional monarchy comprising equal numbers of Hutus and Tutsis. The 1965 assassination of the Hutu prime minister set in motion a series of destabilizing Hutu revolts and subsequent governmental repression. These were in part in reaction to events in Rwanda where Tutsis were being killed by a Hutu nationalist regime. In Burundi the Tutsi became committed to ensuring they would not meet th ...

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History of Burundi - Colonial rule: Encyclopedia II - History of Burundi - Kingdom of Burundi

The origins of Burundi are known only by a mix of oral history and archaeology. There are two main founding legends for Burundi. The one most promoted today tells a tale of a Rwandan named Cambarantama founding the nation. The other version, more common in pre-colonial Burundi, says that Cambarantama came from the southern state of Buha. The notion of Rwandan origins for the kingdom was promoted by the European colonizers for it fit their ideals of a ruling class coming to the area from the Hamitic northeast. The theory has continued to be t ...

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