• The Banyarwanda (Kinyarwanda: Abanyarwanda, plural; Umunyarwanda, singular) are a Bantu ethnolinguistic supraethnicity. The Banyarwanda are also minorities...
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  • The term Banyarwanda refers to Rwandan colonials or nationals who, between the end of World War I and 1960 emigrated to the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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  • plateau. The name was chosen in the early 1970s to avoid being called "Banyarwanda" and seen as foreigners in what was then Zaire. In 1976, the word "Banyamulenge"...
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  • country in Africa Banyarwanda, inhabitants of the country Rwanda and those of Rwandan ethnicity. Kinyarwanda, the language of the Banyarwanda, sometimes known...
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  • the free dictionary. Imana is the creator deity in the traditional Banyarwanda and Barundi religion in Rwanda and Burundi and other related ethnic groups...
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    Rwandans are drawn from just one cultural and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda. However, within this group there are three subgroups: the Hutu, Tutsi...
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  • South Kivu – being part of the Banyarwanda (Hutu and Tutsi) community. These are not Banyamulenge. Most of the Banyarwanda came when they fled the war and...
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    absorbed into the Bafuliiru communities and later known as Bazige clan. The Banyarwanda also appeared before European penetration. They left the country under...
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  • Bakiga Bakonzo Banyabindi Banyabutumbi Banyankore Banyara Banyaruguru Banyarwanda Banyole Banyoro Baruli Barundi Basamia Basoga Basongora Batagwenda Batoro...
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    and the Banyarwanda in the Eastern region of Congo of Kivu. When colonial boundaries were drawn in the late nineteenth century many Banyarwanda found themselves...
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    Kingdom was founded. They share the same family clans with Banyarwanda nationals, Banyarwanda tribe from Congo DR, Uganda and Tanzania. Different citizenship...
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    The Kingdom of Rwanda was a Bantu kingdom in modern-day Rwanda, which grew to be ruled by a Tutsi monarchy. It was one of the oldest and the most centralized...
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  • specifically the newly-established province of North Kivu, between the Banyarwanda and indigenous groups within North Kivu including the Hunde and Nande...
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    of Rwanda share a common language and are collectively known as the Banyarwanda. The population coalesced, first into clans (ubwoko), and then, by 1700...
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    arrived as part of the Mission d'immigration des Banyarwanda (MIB), a movement to transplant Banyarwanda to the Belgian Congo driven by the Belgian colonial...
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  • entered Kampala in 1986, about a quarter of its 16,000 combatants were Banyarwanda[citation needed], while Fred Rwigema was its deputy commander. The NRA...
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    The appointment of a Hutu Banyarwanda was designed to bring them into an alliance with the predominantly Tutsi Banyarwanda led RCD and their Tutsi Rwandan...
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    penetration, the Banyarwanda, now commonly referred to as "Banyamulenge", emerged as a significant group in the region. The term "Banyarwanda" includes Hutus...
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  • Fuliiro, Bavira and Bembe people in the southern part of South Kivu; the Banyarwanda/Barundi people in the neighboring countries, and are close neighbours...
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    Northern Ndebele, Bakalanga, numerous minor groups. Rwanda 11 76% 11 J Banyarwanda Burundi 10 78% 10 J Barundi Cameroon 22 30% 6 A Bulu, Duala, Ewondo,...
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    three indigenous groups that make up the Bafumbira, they are essentially Banyarwanda and speak Kinyarwanda. The Bafumbira were part of the Kingdom of Rwanda...
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  • Ikinyarwanda Native to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, DR Congo, Tanzania Ethnicity Banyarwanda Native speakers 15 million (2014–2022) Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo...
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    book, The Politics and Empowerment of Banyarwanda Refugees in Uganda, 1959–2001, Mushemeza explores how Banyarwanda refugees achieved reasonable levels...
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    Obote denounced Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA) as composed of Banyarwanda. Following this, a failed attempt to force all Rwandan refugees into...
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    Great Lakes Twa (category Banyarwanda)
    The Great Lakes Twa, also known as Batwa (singular Mutwa), Abatwa or Ge-Sera, are a Bantu speaking group native to the African Great Lakes region on the...
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  • and Kiga Religion Related ethnic groups other Rutara people (Banyankole, Bafumbira, Banyarwanda, Batooro, Bahema, Baruuli, Bwisi, Bahaya and Banyambo)...
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  • resistance and resilience. The Bahunde have been in conflict with the Banyarwanda of Rwanda many times long before independence, in particular with the...
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    granted Zairean nationality to all Banyarwanda. In the same year, Banyarwanda changed their eponym from "Banyarwanda" to "Banyamulenge" to distinguish...
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  • Cahiers africains/Afrika studies, 14, 1995, 171 p. Willame, Jean-Claude, Banyarwanda et Banyamulenge : Violences ethniques et gestion de l'identitaire au...
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    of the 19th century, the region experienced an influx of Barundi and Banyarwanda immigrants. The Barundi immigrants were predominantly Tutsis, accompanied...
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