PO319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ubuhake, Hutu, Tutsi
4 Oct 2016
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Political power: centralized kingdom, trinity of chiefs. Economic status: equally poor, ubuhake-rwandan social order. Hierarchical social system based on class (not ethnic group) Class system: tutsi (upper class + land/cattle owners). Tutsi, hutu and twa used as status terms rather than ethnic terms, in other words, and were considered inseparable elements of a single social structure (hintjens. Social status: social mobility, describe the colonial experience of rwanda. After wwi the league of nations issues a mandate to belgium prior to 1962 independence. The tutsi and hutu were regarded as races by the colonists. The tutsi were considered as superior: heightist theory, nilotic invaders. Id cards were introduced in 1933: displayed an individual"s ethnicity traced through their father"s line. Use of violence: you whip the hutu or we will whip you. The growing ethnic division helped create the necessary conditions for a hutu.
