Burundi Commits Genocide of Hutu Majority
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Human Rights, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Burundi
- Date: May-August, 1972
Article abstract: The atrocities begun by the government of Burundi against its own citizens, the Hutu majority, were implicitly condoned by African statesmen and ignored by the outside world.
Summary of Event
The historical background to the Hutu people (also known as Bahutu) is important. Burundi achieved independence from Belgium in 1962. It had a population estimated at about 3.5 million in the 1970’s and a land area of slightly more than ten thousand square miles.
The original inhabitants of the area of modern-day Burundi were probably the...
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