It was not until 1959 when the Hutus liberated themselves in what’s called the “Hutu Revolution.” After the census, the teacher took his time in telling us the origins of Tutsi and Hutu.

The chief contenders in this newly opened arena were parties led by other Hutu, particularly one harking ... children of Tutsi who had fled the 1959 revolution, attacked Rwanda from Uganda.

In the previous article in this series, we saw how a monarchy described as Tutsi-based was replaced with a Hutu-based republic. In both cases the Tutsi and Hutu masses were used by the elites and the ...