One time I was in class and my Nigerian lecturer asked me and my fellow colleague if we were Tutsi or Hutu , we both said we are Rwandan . He asked again this time individually, we both said we are Rwandan. I hope this question of whether one is Tutsi or Hutu ends . We are one people . Though proud of our ancestry , it should not be the reason for being unfair to each other . I am proud to be Rwandan and grateful for whatever we have achieved. I honestly hope no Rwandan blood shades again.
@@jamesmuhoozi5812 shut up you fool you are probably not even Rwandan just a troll on the internet and that's your only purpose how sad. Look no one liked your comment 😉.
@@jamesmuhoozi5812 my Tutsis neighbour also gave me a lecture that both the Hutu and Tutsis are originally words to describe economic status, not racial status. German and Belgian colonizers only understood racial distinctions, hence it was put on people's colonial IDs as an ethnicity rather than a social class.
No more Hutus,Tutsi nor Batwa in Rwanda We are all Rwandans We don't need to go back where we came from please. All these ethnies were brought by COLONIALIST to separate the entire nation #DEVIDE AND RULE" Proudly RWANDAN
As a Rwandan I would just like to say I really appreciate this video on a rather difficult and complex subject. It was handled very well with proper facts. Thank you.
Glad you confirmed the information. I was trying to research the info my aunt relayed to me while I was doing our family tree.. that was that my family's lineage to the Watsu Africa Tribe.
I admit My ignorance of the situation and although I understood the difference I didn’t hear which one was almost wiped out. I was kinda looking for something about that. How it was believed to have started and such. It this was wonderful history of the people.
It is the Tutsi tribe that almost got wiped out by the hutu tribe and the colonizers,it was basically started by the colonizers who wanted to rule the country forever so Tutsi were against that and demanded that colonizers leave the country,but hutus were fine with the colonizers staying and ruling the country forever as colonizers had brainwashed them to hate Tutsi to the core by calling Tutsi foreigners who occupied hutu land all of that was a tactic of colonizers to steal the country and keep it themselves,matter or fact they have assigned a different country where each tribe came from saying Tutsi came from ethiopia,hutu came from chad and twa came from ituri in congo,the colonizers literally wanted to make themselves as the natives of Rwanda,Tutsi were a huge threat to colonizers hence why they sought to exterminate them with the help of hutus,so they put hutus in power with that genocidal agenda,that was the main thing all hutu governments did,just to kill Tutsi with no reason until Tutsi formed an army to defeated them after the 1994 genocide against Tutsi where more than a million was killed in just 100 days.
Just found this channel. I am a young Irishman who has always been fascinated by Africa and it's many cultures and peoples, which probably stems from my father who was born in Nigeria (his parents having went there teaching English and building houses). I love to see a channel like this that promotes African history and Culture. I have always seen similarities between the Irish and the Africans (especially those enslaved by the Imperial powers of Europe). To me it is always a shame as a proud Irishman to be lumped in with the British and Americans imperialists as 'white people'. The Irish have fought against British imperialism since 1169 AD in a conflict which my ancestors fought for many conflicts, in a conflict that it still on going. I just thought I would say this to let people know that we are not like the rest of them, on the contrary, we're very opposed to them. Love the channel! Peace to all
I love history and knew how far Irish people have suffered from British imperialism in their sole and how rough British have been to them as migrants in Britain for centuries. I know also in pre or aftermath of industrial revolution, Irish have suffered in England, accused of most of crimes, arrested and hang without proper investigations on the matter. I live in Australia and know some Irish in here who also talked about what you said. Unfortunately, many people don't know history and think all European were colonialists.
Yes, your ancestors fought very hard. When I hear about the Hutus and Tutsis I’m reminded of the brutal battles of the Irish and Scottish against the British.
Great video! I'm fulani from Guinea and I've always found the tutsi people from Rwanda had some similarities with us (nomadic shepherd for example). I met someone from Rwanda and he just looked like my younger brother. I was sure he was fulani. Thanx for your job! Learning history helps us to understand the present and might save us in the future
@@afrocurves you can say that a whole group of people is troublesome? Maybe you could be more specific? No? I thought that your own previous president was Fulani. No? Why generalising a group of millions? It sounds like tribalism, which the ugliest thing in our continent. Hope you are not like that.
There are so many of our stories that not only need to be told by us but movies that are written, produced and directed by us. The first people, where we control the narrative about the greatness of the Black race. Not just in Africa but black societies all over the world before the colonizers. I enjoy listening to your videos and you sharing the many hidden truths of our long forgotten history .
We have history but don't think we are that great considering the mess we are in, the white man new we wasn't that great. That why he had the confidence to do what he did. They took advantage because we had many kings not a few kings. Africa made up of so many different parts its was easy to conquer. Still we have no great defence against Western powers, because our heads stuck in religion.
@@kairuannewambui8456 and the only thing you are benefiting is bleaching skin creams, you are intoxicated from the evil spirits, firstly they didn't invent water, food, all what people need to survive, and before the evils decided to leave the caves to ruin other people's lives everywhere especially Africa, people were inventing things, clothes, fire,... Gradually, ships, and Harmonized in sports and cultural activities. I spell the curse out of you.
Beautiful people. Incredible history. All people of the diaspora should be extremely proud of where we come from and the greatness of our ancestors. I love this channel! Thank you!
I want to visit this beautiful and clean country! I admire the strength, love and dedication of the people so much! I am “African American” and want to visit with my family to teach them the beauty of Africa. 🖤🙏🏾✊🏾🥰
One of the oldest Somali Calture Song says "Abatutsi-ga ab baanu u lahayn". Meaning, abatutsi is= Traditional game like Somali Dhaanto. Ab = origin , u lahayn = belongs to us. The complete meaning is, this traditional game (abatutsi) belongs to us. I read many books about Tutsi people and where the originally came from most of them described The tutsi are descendant from Oromo Ethiopians and Somalis in the Horn of Africa.
Sorry to say this but speaking from a person who is actually from their, the Europeans came and divided us. It’s sad to see my so called Burundian and Rwandan people who used to be the same are now separated.
Peace to you I appreciate your comment I would now say that we are all Africans. To many of us have being butchered by other nations and we haven't stopped to put our differences aside to unite
Ingabire Mutoni appreciate your unified concept but these groups still exist and have been there for centuries. I get it you are all Rwandans but still Tutsi twas and Hutus are still there, don’t distort facts
My dad (84) just left my house- while he was here he told me his paternal grandmother was Watutsi. I had no idea. He said she was very tall with a very long neck- and a beautiful singing voice.
As someone who loves learning about other cultures I have loved your channel for years, I was always hoping you would go more in depth on the different ethnic groups in Africa, so many beautifully, diverse stories. Truly is where the soul of the world lies. I'm loving these videos, you're an inspiration to what I hope public schools will someday be!❤❤
@@ayitian1 I love this considering I live in Michigan, where Betsy DeVos' (racist) policies have created more problems and has sucked money from poorer districts to line the pockets of for profit charter and private schools. ❤
amanda ray that’s the only way capitalism will work. An educated society is the enemy of exploitive authoritarians! The evil in people’s souls is their acceptance of being weak willed.
Mara the Akata stop looking for Caucasians to be interested in something that’s European History. Every educated European knows the truth about Africa and melanin people. Besides the artifacts, they have the missionaries accounts, and there’s books written by Jewish historians/ merchants. Caucasians have access to the truth, they don’t care because it helps them continue to promote the Western Civilization Myth! African History disproves capitalism, they don’t want that truth to come into the light! Melanin people are socialist by nature.
amanda ray I tried telling people in the 90s these charter schools were no good for our children. Most of them lost or never had accreditation, and have since closed. This after draining public schools funding and hence displacing thousands of children. Children have to be bused to schools outside of their neighborhoods and even the cities they live in! Not to mention the curriculum has put the children in a “ I have all school year to complete these assignments when I feel like doing them “, type of mindset. There are literally no deadlines or sense of urgency to do anything! How can this prepare you for life or for providing for yourself?! Charter schools are taking children’s initiative away by not promoting a sense of continuous achievement!
And all others, even Antarctica is a mess right now. Admittedly it might have been less problematic to be limited to the own continent of origin but given the 100 year war, 30 year war and napoleonic slaughter before any local genocide, suggests the European culture might not have been aimed at harming anyone but have that default. 😕😔
@4 Fake as a whole they definitely helped. I understand their unconscious intention of all these assertions thrown upon Europeans, but the truth do still exist
Am Somali and I don't see any different from us and Tutsi people I don't know much about history but wen I see Tutsi person I see my cuzen brother or my cuzen sister long lyf to all Rwandan pipo big love
@Adelare Mubali our history says tutsi they are soldiers of Ahmed gurey when leader gurey get killed all of his soldiers fled to everywhere in Africa gurey was fighting against Ethiopian bro we are family
@@honeybadger4812 but Gurey was not a Somali. And i think they lived long before Gurey's war in Rwanda and Burundi otherwise they would have kept their culture and religion because they settled all together in Rwanda they didn't disperse or mix that much. Might be they are the Original Somalis meaning they somehow kept their old culture before Islam. You need to go and learn.
@@taketimeforyou i know he was not somalian but he come to help when Ethiopian to close to takeover our country we defeat Ethiopian and we control Ethiopia for many years
We see you Rwanda, and we admire your strength to rise up, move forward and even be better than your neighbours. Man African leaders should take notes.
As Tutsi most of us from Rwanda don’t like to talk about history because of political reasons but if you ask Tutsi fro Uganda, Burundi and Congo might give you more information especially the elders but honestly the truth is known but people don’t like to talk about it historically we are two ethnicities with two different origins and genetics
I am originally from Northern Ethiopia and the Tutsi people look very similar to Northern Ethiopian people who live close to the Blue Nile .... I am convinced that we share the same ancestors:)
What a beautifully, well-featured and well-built, human beings !!! The diversity of African nationS is astonishing. Thank you for uploading it. And thank you for your handwork. Peace and God bless you trice !!!
Why does Museveni a Rwandese Origin kill our pple and has caused many pple loose their lives, stolen all our wealth as a country, trying to build the Tutsi Empire in our country 😭 the man has killed us in millions but God is watching & our tears are before God and soon his end will be remembered as the worst downfall.
Burundians and Rwandas have their history in Burundi and Rwanda. There is no evidence of somali origin and even the video says nilotic which is not somali or abyssinians. That whole of deviding Burundians and Rwandas was started by christian missionaries when they came to Burundi and Rwanda. They spread information that tutsis were hamites which is a mythical people which somalis and abyssinians are apart of. When germany was defeated in east africa and belgium took over burundi and rwanda, they introduced identity cards in 1933 because race was a social class and the identity card meant that no one could switch due to their economical circumstances such as having cattles etc. The new missionaries also were a different branch of christianity and they started supporting different groups of people for their cause. Burundians and Rwandas are that. We share similar culture, language, etc. There is no hutu, tutsi, twa culture, language etc. There is no evidence of somali language in burundi or rwanda, and there is no evidence of islam before colonialism as somalis abyssinians have long history of islam. Dont spread missinformation.
So essentially, European colonialism infiltrated an indigenous African society and applied backwards, racist ideologies into the system already in place, which created discord, disharmony and war among the local populations. Interestingly, it seems like the ancestral Tutsi migrants who came into the region did so peacefully, intermarrying with the local agriculturalists at a high degree.
I do think its intersting how the Tutsi "invasion" was relatively peaceful...what conquering force intermarries with the local population and even adopts their language?
They used that divide and rule tactics all over Africa. In Ghana they refused to educate people of the Northern part so after independence Nkruma built clusters of public schools and made them free for them so they can catch up with the southern belt.
Sounds like europeans were thinking for either group. How can a stranger come in and tell how to think about your kinsman? We need to get our heads out of the sand and think for ourselves. Stop blaming people.
Very informative and excellent lecture. It cleared up my misconceptions about the relationship between tutsis and Hutus. Thank you for posting. I'm looking forward to more of your postings.
YUS YUS YUUUUS I SAY YUUUUS THANK YOU ! YOU DID A GREAT JOB WHEN IT COMES TO MY PEOPLE ❤ IM SO PROUD OF BEING PART EAST AFRICAN ❤❤❤ THE TUTSI ARE AN AMAZING PEOPLE. ❤❤❤ PROUD OF MY AFRICAN ROOTS 🇨🇩🇰🇪🇹🇿🇷🇼
@kings shakka007 iam I Kenyan but my mother comes from DRC..i have been in Congo for the last three years..i feel sorry for what Mobutu ssese seko did to my grandfather
This history of Batutsi and Bahutu is similar to that of South Africa Ma Xhosa and Ma Zulu who are historically one big NGUNI tribe Together with Ma Swati etc.) who divided themselves up because of circumstances and later after colonisation by white europeans lost their unique oneness and became rivals. I'm glad to hear this Hutsi and Tutsi history. In fact all Europeans during their notorious scramble for Afrika divided the countries, the people, setting up traps and instigating hatred among the tribes, erected borders for the purposes of their policy of divide and rule. Thanks.
I am Rwandan and I would like to make some clarities on this video about the History of Tutsi,Hutu and Twa .First of all.Rwanda was inhabited by 3 categories of people from different backgrounds.The First wave of migration to Rwanda was by "Basinga people"who came from Nkole of Bahima in Uganda and arrived around 300 AD .The second wave of migration was by Bazigaba people who also came from Nkole of Bahima in Uganda and arrived around 300 AD.The third wave by Byanyiginya people who came from Oromo or Galla people in Ethiopia and arrived in 700 AD.I must mention that Gihanga father was from Banyiginya and his mother was from Bazigaba. The theory that Gihanga was a Tutsi is not true because Gihanga reigned between 1081 and 1114 AD before the Tutsi ,Hutu and Twa concepts (Social Classes) were introduced.I must also mention that Hutu Tutsi and Twa are not Tribes.The Tutsi,Hutu and Twa concepts were introduced in 1345 by Kilima Rugwe who was a king that ruled between 1345-1378(200 years after Gihanga had died). The analogy of Tutis,Hutus and Twa was exactly the same as Nobles ,Clergy and Commoners in Europe .The intention of introducing these social classes were just to create a society full of rich people and leaders who can solve problems in the society.In fact ,the criteria for belonging in a Tusti class was to be rich, unbderstanding of the royal and political matters, ability to fighta nd die for the country and willingness to help and support Hutus to become Tutsis in the future.This means you could be a Hutu today but if you work hard you could become a Tutsi tomorrow.The intention of the king was to ensure that every Rwandan becomes a Tutsi, and that all Tutsis must ensure that they help Hutus and Twas to become Tutsis.
Hi Vincent! I believe this is the version of history that I'm familiar with as well, one of these being social classes as opposed to pure ethnicity. But given that other peoples from Sudan and Somalia corroborate the presence of batutsi in their culture means there's some ethnic distinctions and different origins and history, right? I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The ethnic distinctions existed but were later morphed into social classes to serve political agendas, no? I'm trying to make sense of it all because our African history has really been manipulated over time.
I'm really confused and not convinced by this history,especially when it comes to know how those three ethnic groups came from different areas but abandoned their origin mother tongues to adopt Kinyarwanda as their common mother tongue!
nshimiyimana jean baptiste I understand you.First of all,Kinyarwanda is very similar to Lunyankole which was spoken by Basinga and Bazigaba when they arrived in Rwanda.Then Banyiginya when they came they had to adopt the local language.So the Kinyarwanda that we speak today originated from Lunyakilima which is a language that originated from Lunyankole
This channel is awesome! I'm glad CZcams has options to adjust the playback speed because the pacing is a little slow for me. But this information you are sharing is very important! I subscribed
Wonderful and enlightening video, with so much great information. I do look forward to these presentation and hope you will continue with my support and everyone else who enjoys them. It's now very clear what has to be done to preserve and boost the people, culture and future of the motherland. As a people we should never allow any other race to come among us and change our rules and laws that keeps us together in harmony and peace. One great ancestor Dr Clark stated we have no friends in the world but ourselves. Inspite of what the outsiders do or say , allowing them in our presence only create problems. They have nothing we need, and can only sow discord wherever they go. Thanks again for sharing this beautiful people and culture, Hotep.
It is in the process of HAPPENING now. Along with so called WESTERN AID which is no aid at all ,comes the seeds for your destruction. Africans witness this perpetually.
I'm a burundian Tusti and i often get mistaken as somali often by other ethnic somalis and i always take it as a compliment because somalis are some of the most charming and charismatic people i've ever met much love from burundi
This is awesome as all of your videos are. My 10 year old grandson LOVES your videos! He did a report on the Zulus last year for school. I'm wondering which of your "history lessons" will he do next year! Great job! Our history didn't start with western slavery! We come from a great people!
Yes grandmother. Continue teaching that to your son. It will make him strong. The world will train him to think we didnt exist before American slavery, never created, built civilizations, invented, made scientific discoveries, etc. Blessings and good fortune to you and your grandson
I’m in Rwanda right now after having been researching their history and culture(s). I’m of African ancestry via the Carib. It’s humbling to be in their country and learning more about their history and seeing how much they’ve progressed post 94’. Their story is incredibly inspiring.
My peopppppple!!! Im tutsi living in Canada! Love your channel so much brotha! You are educating me alot on our african ancestry and history! LOVE THAT!
The Watutsi directly descend from the Somali and Abyssinians. One of the main arguments from the Hutu during the genocide was to tell them to go back to Abyssinia ! Can you believe this ?
@@terryoppong4420 GTFOH with that 'Hutu invaders' nonsense. Did you know about the expansionist policy of the Rwandan ruling class ? Have you heard of the kalinga drum and what was attached to it ? You need to look up the origin of the word "Rwanda". Worry about your Ghanaian brethren kissing the ass of those British royals.
@@terryoppong4420 actually the Twa were the original occupants and then the hutu came and pushed them into the forests because hutu's tilled the land then in another wave came the tutsigroup which had been breaking off and leaving their people along the coutries along the nile. Cattle things. They are not a nilotic people group.
Thank you for this great piece of African history. I am fascinated by the history of the people of Rwanda/Burundi/Tanzania/Kenya/Uganda, the history of the Lemba (of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa), Great Zimbabwe, Zulu (Shembe), Ancient Kingdom of Kongo, Mbundu, Swahili, Cape-Malais, Kabinda, ... You can only understand Southern Africa and its populations through their respective histories. Again great work of history because your presentation is promoting peaceful cohabitation of ethnically diverse yet related people.
my lovely tutsi peoples you are our blood,.. because of that they kill and through you in nile river,.. big love for tutisu from mother land ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
I spent most of my life as a Tutsi in exile, mostly in Europe. Coming across a Somali or an Ethiopian person meant immediate sympathy most of the time. Except for the language, the rest was so close that we felt like cousins.
@@mustafaahmed4035 stfu you call these ppl jareer. Behind their back I’m Northern Sudanese Nubian and Trini I’ve lived back home in Sudan with Somalis you people are racist stop this bs
We are somali their ancestors created a song for future generations to never forget us Some how to some Somali even mentioning tutsi in trouble time means good luck
Your presentation was excellent! I learned so much about the beginnings of these beautiful people. Theirs is a complex history, but also a very interesting one. I am so glad to know that they are striving to live together as one! This is the way it should be.
I'm from somalia i love all my African brothers and sisters. The biggest mistake was when someone came outside Africa and tells us nonsense tutsi and Hutu brothers both african no more no less
@@criticalthinker8480 There's also what we call "imyotso" only Tutsi people have them and they are common in Ethiopia. I think it's a part of culture they kept. Picture 5:32 marks on top of eyes
Thank you for the info. I always wondered what caused the friction between them and knew Europe was in the midst. African cultural and race/tribe history is always interesting to learn about.
keep doing this important work sir. the word sound and syntax of the word TUTSI does fit ancient egyptian language patterns precisely. tut was a Egyptian word.
Thank you for this understanding, Kaka Mdogo, bless you. I am beginning to see how the abandoning, for whatever reason, as seen in the Kongo Kingdom, of our age-old values and systems can be so devastating… yet these are systems that we can build on and achieve the African Renaissance. It’s not a small matter because without African Renaissance, which implies setting up systems within African civilization, the current struggle for economic liberation cannot be won…. This is because it is only our authentic aspirations that can drive such an economy. And aspirations, in turn, come from self-determination, which itself comes from identity, which is born of culture, spawned of civilization. For now, we, Africans, run our systems using borrowed or enforced European aspirations…and the lender of aspirations controls the dreams, thoughts, actions, destiny and EXISTENCE of the borrower. This is why wa henga (the ancients) said "Mwaacha mila ni mtumwa" in Kiswahili roughly translates into “He who abandons their culture becomes enslaved” We can only entrust our future to ourselves; Therefore we have to generate our own aspirations, which come, in four steps, from our civilization as discussed above.
Just my conjectures here: These Tutsis remind me of Fulanis in West Africa. Similarities: They probably came into the region in a relatively recent history. The infamous cattle herding and nomadic lifestyle. The complete openness to live among their hosts and intermarry. The habit of installing one of theirs as chief within the community. They also look Fulani. Again, these are just my thoughts.. I wonder if the Fulani lost a group that ended up in Rwanda lol
peter griffin guy I hope you understand that idea is an invention made from a religious text. Both those ethnic groups history, genetics, culture and linguistics developed in Africa. Their phenotype is a unique African trait and not remotely close to any “Europeaness” or “Arabness”. Features like that developed amongst Africans originally and then other people inherited that physical “format” if you will
@@hometeamhistory806 I think there is more than a few, it really depends on the Fula group. czcams.com/video/fuZpswPdAzw/video.html czcams.com/video/hdqTzGiSS_g/video.html czcams.com/video/pDd5bfyfIEM/video.html
Seismic Vertigo they probably arrived in the area during the pastoral neolithic where nomads started traveling to present day kenya/tanzania with thier livestock, they eventually entered rwanda.
Awesome, I wonder if you will be able to cover all the ethnic groups in the motherland I want to know about them all even the ones that are no longer with us 🙏🏿 my brother as we go forward you should be looking into putting this into a book format so we can buy and continue to pass on the knowledge, our people need to know themselves I appreciate you for existing as one of ours may the ancestors protect and bless you with wealth and strength to continue being the spark ⚡️ of the great african people awakening
It's so good to see my people of other nations on here chatting and communicating without insult. That's what the enemy wants confusion and no one talking to find out what happened or who we really are.much love to you all and be careful.
Kendall Bledsoe I’m not sure if I’m included in this, as I am Irish and not of African roots, but yes, it is great to see people from other countries communicating and learning more about each other! I was inspired to learn more of African and in particular Rwandan histories and cultures by Stromae, my favorite singer and songwriter. He is half Rwandan and has mentioned tutsi/hutu tensions in his songs previously, so I really wanted to learn more about the roots and background of this amazing guy. I absolutely love his work (and him) :)
Thank you for this explanation. With the relatively recent developments in politics and economics in the region, this background it useful in understanding not only the sad history, but the promises of a better future.
What?how do you equate saying these people are beautiful and have perfect features and flawless skin to being racist?are you seriously normal in your head?you jealous will kill you.they are beautiful ofcourse and there is nothing wrong appreciating someone's beauty,you must be really insecure of how your look that you would view someone complimenting others as racist what!
You actually deserve millions of views we wanna complain about slavery like that Thats our only history but dont wanna take a closer look at the deeper history.
@@Chilbuli_Baby please learn history before throwing insults. All along East Africa slaves were stolen as far as Congo...Tanzania Kenya ..Uganda to middle East & some to America's.
No you are confusing things probably cus you didn't learned their history from the right source. Tutsi history is self explanatory and Tutsi ancestors made sure to preserve it through sophisticated way of memorizing it through what they called "Ibisigo" and ibisigo never change they had what they called "Inteko y' abasizi" whose main duty was to memorize history through "ibisigo" which is a way close to poems but not exactly poems as poems are always about expressing your feelings but "Ibisigo" were not about feelings but rather they were about reality of what happened in their lives and there is a queen mother who introduced that kind of history preservation and she is credited for that, her name was "Nyirarumaga". In Tutsi monarchy no king was allowed to rule alone without his mother ,even he had lost his mother prior to being crowned they would look for another woman in his family to serve as his mother and that's what happened to that queen mother"Nyirarumaga" she wasn't the biological mother of the king but because the king's mother died when he was still young when he got crowned the king he asked that Nyirarumaga would be his mother and rule with him,she was a very smart lady with the kindest heart and that's how she entered in the history making. So what you are saying about "Gihanga" is called "ibitekerezo"and this was a way of conveying a message more like parables which is based on actions not bloodline, so Gihanga didn't not father Tutsi and Hutu and Twa that's not the message the Tutsi monarchy wanted to pass down ,it's nothing to do with bloodline but rather the actions of Gihanga as a founder of "Rwanda as a country " and so because there are 3 tribes in Rwanda :Tutsi ,Hutu and Twa and yes Gihanga is a Tutsi king who founded Rwanda as a country hence why he was credited for that and called the father of Rwanda and hence there were 3 tribes Tutsi,Hutu ,Twa that's why they had to convey a message that says he is the father of those 3 tribes since he is the founder of the country Rwanda that has 3 tribes so it has nothing to do with the bloodline and they never intended to to say he biologically fathered them no it was merely based on Him being the founder of the country and cus he was credited to found the country they also had to include all the 3 tribes on that land. And prior to Gihanga there were other Tutsi kingdoms on the land and no body knows when they came and no the whole land was not inhabited by Hutu and Twa and also no body knows when hutu or twa came to that land either so no body can tell who came the first but since the land is in east Africa and it's where the furthest source of the Nil river is and it's 100% sure that Tutsi ruled in ancient egypt&israel when these two countries were one and inhabited by black nations and that's exactly where Tutsi ancestors said they came from and they look exactly like many kings and royals of ancient Egypt so one can conclude that they were used to travel to the source of Nil river since Nil river has always been the main source of water for Egypt and so when it was time to look for another land to inhabit they knowingly went down to the region of great lakes where they knew there is the source of their Nil river hence why no body knows who came first between Tutsi,Hutu and Twa . However when migrations took place in Africa it was impossible to see the whole tribe migrating at the same time o they would come in small groups and that's what happened to Tutsi too, Gihanga was the son of a man called "Kazi" who was the 12th generation of the last Tutsi group and his mother was the daughter from one of the first Tutsi groups who came and occupied the empty land and started their kingdom so that's how Gihanga was born and he married in the first Tutsi group who had built more kingdoms thus had more land they ruled and it's from this group that he gave birth to his son called "Kanyarwanda" and had him inherit his new Kingdom Rwanda that he started to found with the aim of making an empire by bringing together all the other kingdoms ruled by his fellow Tutsi to form one big country Rwanda so they could have a centralized administration, so Gihanga had other 3 more sons from other Tutsi women from other groups and he had them inherit other kingdoms he had built Bugesera still in Rwanda,in Kivu region currently in congo ,Karagwe region currently in Tanzania cus the colonizers stole the land from Rwanda and added it onto the neighbor countries in a way of taking the richest part away so Rwanda wouldn't be a strong country and make colonizers lose their power in the region . So those first Tutsi groups who came first and inhabited the empty lands they migrated in groups and were all from north Africa the side of egypt/israel and didn't come all at the same time however they are known to be the people who built the first kingdoms on the land so when each came to the empty land they would give themselves a name of praising themselves based on what they want to do how far they want to take the kingdom or just based on how noble they are and then they would pick an animal that would be their mascot that's totemic, and those groups of Tutsi gave themselves these names :Abasinga,Abazigaba,Abenengwe,Abongera, Abahinda, Ababanda and Abagara and these were the names they gave their kingdoms, Initially there were inhabited by Tutsi only but later as they kept breeding themselves their number grew and they had noticed the other parts of the land where hutu and twa scattered and didn't have kings, they simply lived one family here another there and each family would mind their own business and yes they were farmers so the elder of the family would serve as someone who take the lead in farming and help them cut down forests so they could have land to cultivate and his descendants would harvest and bring him offerings from the harvest and that's it ,they had no ruling system as a whole tribe it was more of a house thing which made Tutsi see the potential of expanding their kingdoms onto those lands too and when a kingdom of one of those Tutsi groups expanded its territory onto that land where hutu and twa are scattered that land would also take the name of that Tutsi group and so would hutu and TWA since it was the name of the land not the name of lineage. For instance when the Tutsi kingdom called Abasinga expanded onto that land where hutu and twa are scattered that land would also take the name of "Ubusinga " and so the hutu and twa on that land would also take the name of "Abasinga" since it's based on the land not the bloodline so there would now be the Abasinga who are Tutsi ,and abasinga who are Hutu and abasinga who are Twa so Tutsi strongly respected lineage/bloodline hence why they never tempted to play with their name Tutsi, it was always there as their tribe name and yes they are pastoralists and they are not Tutsi because they are pastoralists being pastoralists has nothing to do with identity it's simply cus that's their culture from their ancestors but being Tutsi is a bloodline identity it's their lineage and none can become a Tutsi by just owning cows that's a lie post colonial politics made up for their own benefits, one has to be born Tutsi to be called Tutsi hence why during the genocide against Tutsi 1959-1994 the hutu would simply look at them and know they are Tutsi and kill them and the genocide against Tutsi was a long time plan of the colonizers cus they tried to steal the country and stay in it but Tutsi refused to hand it over to them and started to fight them diplomatically and openly demanded them to get out of Rwanda that Rwanda is for Rwandans not europeans so the colonizers came up with a plan of puting hutu in power since hutu accepted to submit to colonizers and use them to exterminate Tutsi so colonizers would hope to forever have Rwanda as their land they would control any how they want.
Thank you for clarity becuse there were missing informations in the video about Rwandan history. Can you recommand books or other references to check about anscient rwandan history and kingdom politics and social system ?
hello brother thank you for this video i just want to correct you on one point, there were no ''rwandan genocide" it's "GENOCIDE AGAINST TUTSI" It's crucial that you don't confuse it and always use it right. keep up the good work for most of our generation don't really know much about this
Thank you for this excerpt! I have been mistaken for a Tutsi and though I am of a different ethnic group, I couldn’t be prouder of that mistake, for we are all one, as African Brothers and Sisters. 💝🙏🏾💪🏾💕
Chiefdryno I am happy for you and for all Rwandese who have come together and are embracing truth, justice, reconciliation and forgiveness as the foundation for peace and progress. We can't talk of a united Africa if we are at loggerheads with our own brothers/sisters at village level or always quarrelling with our own countrymen.
truth rules can you explain why you think “white power” got me? Hutus and Tutsis definitely exists.. saying they don’t is the problem. The only solution is to acknowledge the differences and accept them and coexist in peace and harmony.
One time I was in class and my Nigerian lecturer asked me and my fellow colleague if we were Tutsi or Hutu , we both said we are Rwandan . He asked again this time individually, we both said we are Rwandan. I hope this question of whether one is Tutsi or Hutu ends . We are one people . Though proud of our ancestry , it should not be the reason for being unfair to each other . I am proud to be Rwandan and grateful for whatever we have achieved. I honestly hope no Rwandan blood shades again.
Stunningly beautiful people
You must be a Muhutu then. We Tutsis are proud of what we are. It's only Hutus who are afraid of their tribe
@@jamesmuhoozi5812 shut up you fool you are probably not even Rwandan just a troll on the internet and that's your only purpose how sad. Look no one liked your comment 😉.
@@anonymousnameless1835 Who said am here to get comment likes? And why do u feel so offended by my comment? Wa ngaji we 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jamesmuhoozi5812 my Tutsis neighbour also gave me a lecture that both the Hutu and Tutsis are originally words to describe economic status, not racial status. German and Belgian colonizers only understood racial distinctions, hence it was put on people's colonial IDs as an ethnicity rather than a social class.
No more Hutus,Tutsi nor Batwa in Rwanda
We are all Rwandans
We don't need to go back where we came from please.
All these ethnies were brought by COLONIALIST to separate the entire nation #DEVIDE AND RULE"
Proudly RWANDAN
Well said brother. We are African
Yes bro. Only Rwandan.
living side by side with killers
❤
Devide and Rule yes!
As a Rwandan I would just like to say I really appreciate this video on a rather difficult and complex subject. It was handled very well with proper facts.
Thank you.
Glad you confirmed the information. I was trying to research the info my aunt relayed to me while I was doing our family tree.. that was that my family's lineage to the Watsu Africa Tribe.
I admit My ignorance of the situation and although I understood the difference I didn’t hear which one was almost wiped out. I was kinda looking for something about that. How it was believed to have started and such. It this was wonderful history of the people.
Facts 💯💯
It is the Tutsi tribe that almost got wiped out by the hutu tribe and the colonizers,it was basically started by the colonizers who wanted to rule the country forever so Tutsi were against that and demanded that colonizers leave the country,but hutus were fine with the colonizers staying and ruling the country forever as colonizers had brainwashed them to hate Tutsi to the core by calling Tutsi foreigners who occupied hutu land all of that was a tactic of colonizers to steal the country and keep it themselves,matter or fact they have assigned a different country where each tribe came from saying Tutsi came from ethiopia,hutu came from chad and twa came from ituri in congo,the colonizers literally wanted to make themselves as the natives of Rwanda,Tutsi were a huge threat to colonizers hence why they sought to exterminate them with the help of hutus,so they put hutus in power with that genocidal agenda,that was the main thing all hutu governments did,just to kill Tutsi with no reason until Tutsi formed an army to defeated them after the 1994 genocide against Tutsi where more than a million was killed in just 100 days.
I just need to pause and admire their notoriously stunning features! These are gorgeous people! ❤️👸🏾
Africa is gorgeous. We are Gods people.
TAO...and what about their haircuts...can we say STYLISH too❗️
We are a beautiful people....especially when we are following our Yah's Laws, statutes and commandments! !!
Stunningly beautiful I had to pause myself, I pretty much said the same thing.
Thank u🙏🏿
My people!!! I'm am Tutsi from Burundi & Rwanda!! Thank you for taking time to do this video, it was the last thing I was expecting to hear today..
Just found this channel. I am a young Irishman who has always been fascinated by Africa and it's many cultures and peoples, which probably stems from my father who was born in Nigeria (his parents having went there teaching English and building houses).
I love to see a channel like this that promotes African history and Culture. I have always seen similarities between the Irish and the Africans (especially those enslaved by the Imperial powers of Europe). To me it is always a shame as a proud Irishman to be lumped in with the British and Americans imperialists as 'white people'.
The Irish have fought against British imperialism since 1169 AD in a conflict which my ancestors fought for many conflicts, in a conflict that it still on going.
I just thought I would say this to let people know that we are not like the rest of them, on the contrary, we're very opposed to them. Love the channel! Peace to all
I loved your message
Your message will be valued 12,000 years from now buddy. Fix yall problems. Your problems is not our fight.
Damn I didn’t know this. Will definitely let people know ✊🏾
I love history and knew how far Irish people have suffered from British imperialism in their sole and how rough British have been to them as migrants in Britain for centuries. I know also in pre or aftermath of industrial revolution, Irish have suffered in England, accused of most of crimes, arrested and hang without proper investigations on the matter.
I live in Australia and know some Irish in here who also talked about what you said. Unfortunately, many people don't know history and think all European were colonialists.
Yes, your ancestors fought very hard. When I hear about the Hutus and Tutsis I’m reminded of the brutal battles of the Irish and Scottish against the British.
Great video! I'm fulani from Guinea and I've always found the tutsi people from Rwanda had some similarities with us (nomadic shepherd for example). I met someone from Rwanda and he just looked like my younger brother. I was sure he was fulani.
Thanx for your job! Learning history helps us to understand the present and might save us in the future
Very true!
Your all decended from cushetic people somali, oromo, afar ect im somali
I didn't know there were Fulanis in Guinea. The ones in Nigeria are troublesome
@@afrocurves you can say that a whole group of people is troublesome? Maybe you could be more specific? No? I thought that your own previous president was Fulani. No? Why generalising a group of millions?
It sounds like tribalism, which the ugliest thing in our continent. Hope you are not like that.
@@afrocurves That's the epicentre of Fulani people of all of West Africa, I think it's like 65% Fulani.
I'm from South Sudan, and these people look exactly like my people tall and dark. Even the culture is identical
I beg to rubbish all these shenanigans...we're all same and most importantly, Africans.
I rest my argument.
We are one
They look more similar to Kenyans
All are beautiful 💓
no we are from Somali ajuranis not south sudani
There are so many of our stories that not only need to be told by us but movies that are written, produced and directed by us. The first people, where we control the narrative about the greatness of the Black race. Not just in Africa but black societies all over the world before the colonizers. I enjoy listening to your videos and you sharing the many hidden truths of our long forgotten history .
Absolutely.
There is no Black race, shut up. We all belong to our own tribes.
We have history but don't think we are that great considering the mess we are in, the white man new we wasn't that great. That why he had the confidence to do what he did. They took advantage because we had many kings not a few kings. Africa made up of so many different parts its was easy to conquer. Still we have no great defence against Western powers, because our heads stuck in religion.
You just keep dropping that knowledge and letting the world know we come from a mighty people. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
How about other Tribes?
@@joachimjoseph9246 he has done videos on other tribes.
white man invented everything u use facts leave.physcho on exit😂😂😂😂
@@kairuannewambui8456 and the only thing you are benefiting is bleaching skin creams, you are intoxicated from the evil spirits, firstly they didn't invent water, food, all what people need to survive, and before the evils decided to leave the caves to ruin other people's lives everywhere especially Africa, people were inventing things, clothes, fire,... Gradually, ships, and Harmonized in sports and cultural activities. I spell the curse out of you.
Fiston Niyomugabo i was responding to pyscho and i meant it ironically..attack somebody else if it well make your life brighter bye
I am Ugandan, and We never cease to Pray for Rwanda. Its Only "Agape" that can birth brotherly love
Thankyou Jotham we love our Ugandan brothers and sisters too
THEY ARE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!
Beautiful people. Incredible history. All people of the diaspora should be extremely proud of where we come from and the greatness of our ancestors. I love this channel! Thank you!
I want to visit this beautiful and clean country! I admire the strength, love and dedication of the people so much! I am “African American” and want to visit with my family to teach them the beauty of Africa. 🖤🙏🏾✊🏾🥰
Welcome!
You are welcome to visit the land of a thousand hills
One of the oldest Somali Calture Song says "Abatutsi-ga ab baanu u lahayn". Meaning, abatutsi is= Traditional game like Somali Dhaanto. Ab = origin , u lahayn = belongs to us. The complete meaning is, this traditional game (abatutsi) belongs to us.
I read many books about Tutsi people and where the originally came from most of them described The tutsi are descendant from Oromo Ethiopians and Somalis in the Horn of Africa.
Lies
True
True
@@josephkhaemba6576 lol you africans are full of hate!!
True
All three tribes are beautiful people. I mean that from my heart.
Bantus are the best
@@natsuusharti8015 no Tutsis best
@@kylexy9408 nope they are not
@Gsr Guy why don't yall married them ?
@U I i know that
You've been on a roll lately, awesome it makes my day everytime you post a new video.
Big Durk j
Sorry to say this but speaking from a person who is actually from their, the Europeans came and divided us. It’s sad to see my so called Burundian and Rwandan people who used to be the same are now separated.
It doesn't have to stay this way.
@Paper the hutus aren't destroying congo
Welcome to what happened to black Americans,by old whitety
u are so stupid , you dont even know what your talking about
@@s.konyine1469 of course we are...please Americans would you teach us our own history??... you condescending fools!!
We are not tutsi we are not hutus we are all Rwandans 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼👏👏👏
Bien dit, vous avez un seul pays et vous êtes un seul peuples , bravo frère 👍👍👍
Peace to you I appreciate your comment
I would now say that we are all Africans.
To many of us have being butchered by other nations and we haven't stopped to put our differences aside to unite
Ingabire Mutoni appreciate your unified concept but these groups still exist and have been there for centuries. I get it you are all Rwandans but still Tutsi twas and Hutus are still there, don’t distort facts
@@richardredmond1480 you african americans are ignorant beyond belief!!!
Stupid am not gon let you get the chance.
My dad (84) just left my house- while he was here he told me his paternal grandmother was Watutsi. I had no idea. He said she was very tall with a very long neck- and a beautiful singing voice.
As someone who loves learning about other cultures I have loved your channel for years, I was always hoping you would go more in depth on the different ethnic groups in Africa, so many beautifully, diverse stories. Truly is where the soul of the world lies. I'm loving these videos, you're an inspiration to what I hope public schools will someday be!❤❤
amanda ray become the secretary of education and implement the laws and concepts to see that Western Civilization recognizes the truth 🤔✊🏾
@@ayitian1 I love this considering I live in Michigan, where Betsy DeVos' (racist) policies have created more problems and has sucked money from poorer districts to line the pockets of for profit charter and private schools. ❤
amanda ray that’s the only way capitalism will work. An educated society is the enemy of exploitive authoritarians! The evil in people’s souls is their acceptance of being weak willed.
Mara the Akata stop looking for Caucasians to be interested in something that’s European History. Every educated European knows the truth about Africa and melanin people. Besides the artifacts, they have the missionaries accounts, and there’s books written by Jewish historians/ merchants. Caucasians have access to the truth, they don’t care because it helps them continue to promote the Western Civilization Myth! African History disproves capitalism, they don’t want that truth to come into the light! Melanin people are socialist by nature.
amanda ray I tried telling people in the 90s these charter schools were no good for our children. Most of them lost or never had accreditation, and have since closed. This after draining public schools funding and hence displacing thousands of children. Children have to be bused to schools outside of their neighborhoods and even the cities they live in! Not to mention the curriculum has put the children in a “ I have all school year to complete these assignments when I feel like doing them “, type of mindset. There are literally no deadlines or sense of urgency to do anything! How can this prepare you for life or for providing for yourself?! Charter schools are taking children’s initiative away by not promoting a sense of continuous achievement!
So much lover for Africa in you voice brotha! Good energy.
This European really messed up our continent.
And all others, even Antarctica is a mess right now.
Admittedly it might have been less problematic to be limited to the own continent of origin but given the 100 year war, 30 year war and napoleonic slaughter before any local genocide, suggests the European culture might not have been aimed at harming anyone but have that default. 😕😔
Still now.
@4 Fake as a whole they definitely helped. I understand their unconscious intention of all these assertions thrown upon Europeans, but the truth do still exist
@@KeeshYah_Yahu now they have been helping for fkn centuries and how is Africa? Quite horrible.
very fun they’ve been exploiting or centuries lmao
Am Somali and I don't see any different from us and Tutsi people I don't know much about history but wen I see Tutsi person I see my cuzen brother or my cuzen sister long lyf to all Rwandan pipo big love
@Adelare Mubali our history says tutsi they are soldiers of Ahmed gurey when leader gurey get killed all of his soldiers fled to everywhere in Africa gurey was fighting against Ethiopian bro we are family
@@honeybadger4812 but Gurey was not a Somali. And i think they lived long before Gurey's war in Rwanda and Burundi otherwise they would have kept their culture and religion because they settled all together in Rwanda they didn't disperse or mix that much. Might be they are the Original Somalis meaning they somehow kept their old culture before Islam. You need to go and learn.
What about Haitians?
@Therunta Runale don't fucking lying with your qabiil man Ahmed gurey he is not even somalian so shut the fuckup don't fucking bring qabiil here
@@taketimeforyou i know he was not somalian but he come to help when Ethiopian to close to takeover our country we defeat Ethiopian and we control Ethiopia for many years
We see you Rwanda, and we admire your strength to rise up, move forward and even be better than your neighbours. Man African leaders should take notes.
As Tutsi most of us from Rwanda don’t like to talk about history because of political reasons but if you ask Tutsi fro Uganda, Burundi and Congo might give you more information especially the elders but honestly the truth is known but people don’t like to talk about it historically we are two ethnicities with two different origins and genetics
But the tutsis in Rwanda have the associations for :Tutsis only:
I am originally from Northern Ethiopia and the Tutsi people look very similar to Northern Ethiopian people who live close to the Blue Nile .... I am convinced that we share the same ancestors:)
So true!
There is no doubt about that.
Konjo its true we the tutsi originaly ethiopia is our origin i guess from oromo tribe kind of
Am Tutsi en Tutsi come from Ethiopia that is true
@Therunta Runale when has we ever killed and rape yall ? That makes no sense
What a beautifully, well-featured and well-built, human beings !!! The diversity of African nationS is astonishing. Thank you for uploading it. And thank you for your handwork. Peace and God bless you trice !!!
Brings tears to my eyes how beautiful we are and what they try to make us forget. This one made me Sub. Keep going bro.
I am a proud tusti born and raised in Uganda 🇺🇬 By Rwandan parents
Same here ❣❣❣❣❣
Samir Mugisha hey 👋 brother 😘
Why does Museveni a Rwandese Origin kill our pple and has caused many pple loose their lives, stolen all our wealth as a country, trying to build the Tutsi Empire in our country 😭 the man has killed us in millions but God is watching & our tears are before God and soon his end will be remembered as the worst downfall.
@@Prince-pb1vf So typical. This is not about Uganda politics you moron!!
@@gertrudekamyaothieno7934 it can be, why not. You shut your gob.
Tutsi can be trace all back to Somalia you can even find their paintings in Somaliland it's call Laas Geel google (Laas Geel)
Nilotic people ma man. That’s in Sudan . Look at Dinkas
As a somali, I dont believe that at all. Looking similar doesnt mean we are related.
@ኄኖክ ኃይሉ Why you are so pressed? lmao
Burundians and Rwandas have their history in Burundi and Rwanda. There is no evidence of somali origin and even the video says nilotic which is not somali or abyssinians. That whole of deviding Burundians and Rwandas was started by christian missionaries when they came to Burundi and Rwanda. They spread information that tutsis were hamites which is a mythical people which somalis and abyssinians are apart of. When germany was defeated in east africa and belgium took over burundi and rwanda, they introduced identity cards in 1933 because race was a social class and the identity card meant that no one could switch due to their economical circumstances such as having cattles etc. The new missionaries also were a different branch of christianity and they started supporting different groups of people for their cause. Burundians and Rwandas are that. We share similar culture, language, etc. There is no hutu, tutsi, twa culture, language etc. There is no evidence of somali language in burundi or rwanda, and there is no evidence of islam before colonialism as somalis abyssinians have long history of islam. Dont spread missinformation.
@@TheIrbe there is evidence we have a song for them
Excellent job in explaining, not too lengthy, clear and concise voice!! I applaud you for a job well done. Keep making videos in educating the world.
My ancestors....long live your spirits in me "Africans" and Africa!!!!!
Thanks HomeTeamHistory.
So essentially, European colonialism infiltrated an indigenous African society and applied backwards, racist ideologies into the system already in place, which created discord, disharmony and war among the local populations. Interestingly, it seems like the ancestral Tutsi migrants who came into the region did so peacefully, intermarrying with the local agriculturalists at a high degree.
I do think its intersting how the Tutsi "invasion" was relatively peaceful...what conquering force intermarries with the local population and even adopts their language?
Well it was a decision to stick to the colonizers ideas instead of sticking together with Tutsis. Africans generally need to do better.
They used that divide and rule tactics all over Africa. In Ghana they refused to educate people of the Northern part so after independence Nkruma built clusters of public schools and made them free for them so they can catch up with the southern belt.
Sounds like europeans were thinking for either group. How can a stranger come in and tell how to think about your kinsman? We need to get our heads out of the sand and think for ourselves. Stop blaming people.
@@jb411000 they force the tutsi to think they where superior to the Hutus and twa either they agree with them or get genocide
Very informative and excellent lecture. It cleared up my misconceptions about the relationship between tutsis and Hutus. Thank you for posting. I'm looking forward to more of your postings.
Very informative, beautiful and powerful people you show and I absolutely love your voice... Makes me really calm ♥
..."people know your self", always appreciate what you put out... I salute you... tks.
sucumadda 098,
Know thy self be true,
Peace, Blessings, Light, and Love.
YUS YUS YUUUUS I SAY YUUUUS
THANK YOU ! YOU DID A GREAT JOB WHEN IT COMES TO MY PEOPLE ❤
IM SO PROUD OF BEING PART EAST AFRICAN ❤❤❤ THE TUTSI ARE AN AMAZING PEOPLE. ❤❤❤
PROUD OF MY AFRICAN ROOTS 🇨🇩🇰🇪🇹🇿🇷🇼
I bet you hate the Hutus so much don't you ?
@@ashokamangekyou7873 but why even?
@@awobelamera9069 what do u mean ?
Family, Kadan Prime is a white troll trying to instigate bad feelings between Family. Please ignore and if it continues report it.
@kings shakka007 iam I Kenyan but my mother comes from DRC..i have been in Congo for the last three years..i feel sorry for what Mobutu ssese seko did to my grandfather
This history of Batutsi and Bahutu is similar to that of South Africa Ma Xhosa and Ma Zulu who are historically one big NGUNI tribe Together with Ma Swati etc.) who divided themselves up because of circumstances and later after colonisation by white europeans lost their unique oneness and became rivals. I'm glad to hear this Hutsi and Tutsi history. In fact all Europeans during their notorious scramble for Afrika divided the countries, the people, setting up traps and instigating hatred among the tribes, erected borders for the purposes of their policy of divide and rule. Thanks.
Tutsi sounds Swati. Zulu and Xhosa are the two Siuth African languages I understand. And am Swati
East africans have auch unique features. Beautiful people.
So beautifully researched and presented. Work like this needs to be on television.
Fantastic video. You should try doing Haiti as well. Very fascinating history
I am Rwandan and I would like to make some clarities on this video about the History of Tutsi,Hutu and Twa .First of all.Rwanda was inhabited by 3 categories of people from different backgrounds.The First wave of migration to Rwanda was by "Basinga people"who came from Nkole of Bahima in Uganda and arrived around 300 AD .The second wave of migration was by Bazigaba people who also came from Nkole of Bahima in Uganda and arrived around 300 AD.The third wave by Byanyiginya people who came from Oromo or Galla people in Ethiopia and arrived in 700 AD.I must mention that Gihanga father was from Banyiginya and his mother was from Bazigaba.
The theory that Gihanga was a Tutsi is not true because Gihanga reigned between 1081 and 1114 AD before the Tutsi ,Hutu and Twa concepts (Social Classes) were introduced.I must also mention that Hutu Tutsi and Twa are not Tribes.The Tutsi,Hutu and Twa concepts were introduced in 1345 by Kilima Rugwe who was a king that ruled between 1345-1378(200 years after Gihanga had died).
The analogy of Tutis,Hutus and Twa was exactly the same as Nobles ,Clergy and Commoners in Europe .The intention of introducing these social classes were just to create a society full of rich people and leaders who can solve problems in the society.In fact ,the criteria for belonging in a Tusti class was to be rich, unbderstanding of the royal and political matters, ability to fighta nd die for the country and willingness to help and support Hutus to become Tutsis in the future.This means you could be a Hutu today but if you work hard you could become a Tutsi tomorrow.The intention of the king was to ensure that every Rwandan becomes a Tutsi, and that all Tutsis must ensure that they help Hutus and Twas to become Tutsis.
Hi Vincent!
I believe this is the version of history that I'm familiar with as well, one of these being social classes as opposed to pure ethnicity.
But given that other peoples from Sudan and Somalia corroborate the presence of batutsi in their culture means there's some ethnic distinctions and different origins and history, right?
I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The ethnic distinctions existed but were later morphed into social classes to serve political agendas, no?
I'm trying to make sense of it all because our African history has really been manipulated over time.
Thanks for the clarification!
I'm really confused and not convinced by this history,especially when it comes to know how those three ethnic groups came from different areas but abandoned their origin mother tongues to adopt Kinyarwanda as their common mother tongue!
nshimiyimana jean baptiste I understand you.First of all,Kinyarwanda is very similar to Lunyankole which was spoken by Basinga and Bazigaba when they arrived in Rwanda.Then Banyiginya when they came they had to adopt the local language.So the Kinyarwanda that we speak today originated from Lunyakilima which is a language that originated from Lunyankole
That's also the history I know
This channel is awesome!
I'm glad CZcams has options to adjust the playback speed because the pacing is a little slow for me. But this information you are sharing is very important! I subscribed
Wonderful and enlightening video, with so much great information. I do look forward to these presentation and hope you will continue with my support and everyone else who enjoys them. It's now very clear what has to be done to preserve and boost the people, culture and future of the motherland. As a people we should never allow any other race to come among us and change our rules and laws that keeps us together in harmony and peace. One great ancestor Dr Clark stated we have no friends in the world but ourselves. Inspite of what the outsiders do or say , allowing them in our presence only create problems. They have nothing we need, and can only sow discord wherever they go. Thanks again for sharing this beautiful people and culture, Hotep.
I hope they heal and never let anything like this happen again.
@Paper not all Rwandans are bad only the tutsis are live the twa and hutus out they both suffer oppression under the nilotics Tutsis
@Paper what harm has the twa and hutus done to yall ?
It is in the process of HAPPENING now. Along with so called WESTERN AID which is no aid at all ,comes the seeds for your destruction. Africans witness this perpetually.
@@natsuusharti8015 we are not supose to speak truth.
@@Boborasshanti what truth ?
This was super interesing and very well put together! thanks, i have a much deeper understanding of Rwanda now. you answered so many questions
I love my Tutsi people from Somalia 🤎
We love u too
Tutsis are from Ethiopia. They were jewish like the Ethiopians. Somalis are muslims.
@@TewodrosBaye1 ethiopians are Christians
I'm a burundian Tusti and i often get mistaken as somali often by other ethnic somalis and i always take it as a compliment because somalis are some of the most charming and charismatic people i've ever met much love from burundi
@@Idkwhattocallit45634we are one people I love all Tutsis
This is awesome as all of your videos are. My 10 year old grandson LOVES your videos! He did a report on the Zulus last year for school. I'm wondering which of your "history lessons" will he do next year! Great job! Our history didn't start with western slavery! We come from a great people!
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Yes grandmother. Continue teaching that to your son. It will make him strong. The world will train him to think we didnt exist before American slavery, never created, built civilizations, invented, made scientific discoveries, etc. Blessings and good fortune to you and your grandson
@@MrDFJohnson IKTR!!
I live for your videos🙌! Love all the way from South Africa ❤
Same here..✊🏿
I wish his videos would be sanctioned by African states and put in all schools. Instead our people worldwide are learning about European history.
Same here
Fok off xenophobic racist bitch
@@gumu9918 show some respect fucker. Did your mom teach you to talk to women like that?
I’m in Rwanda right now after having been researching their history and culture(s). I’m of African ancestry via the Carib. It’s humbling to be in their country and learning more about their history and seeing how much they’ve progressed post 94’. Their story is incredibly inspiring.
My peopppppple!!! Im tutsi living in Canada! Love your channel so much brotha! You are educating me alot on our african ancestry and history! LOVE THAT!
The Tutsi people look like exactly like the Somali and Ethiopia people with also a little mixture of Nilotes.
Black Asheru 92 meaning they migrated first before the hutu invaders
Genetically, the Tutsi are generally more Bantu, with a minority of Nilotic and Cushitic admixture.
The Watutsi directly descend from the Somali and Abyssinians. One of the main arguments from the Hutu during the genocide was to tell them to go back to Abyssinia ! Can you believe this ?
@@terryoppong4420 GTFOH with that 'Hutu invaders' nonsense. Did you know about the expansionist policy of the Rwandan ruling class ? Have you heard of the kalinga drum and what was attached to it ? You need to look up the origin of the word "Rwanda". Worry about your Ghanaian brethren kissing the ass of those British royals.
@@terryoppong4420 actually the Twa were the original occupants and then the hutu came and pushed them into the forests because hutu's tilled the land then in another wave came the tutsigroup which had been breaking off and leaving their people along the coutries along the nile. Cattle things.
They are not a nilotic people group.
Dope-ass haircuts.
Great vid bruh! I love watching these things!
it's the natural hairstyle, done in Rwanda. Called Amasunzu
Proud Tutsi 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
Great video, thanks for putting the work in and giving us this beautifully detailed information!👏🏿👏🏿🙏🏾✌🏿 #Blessings
I’m a Rwandan I can’t be proud enough
Yes my sis. Be proud💜
watching home team yeah I love this channel NTUGASAZE MWANA WIRWANDA
Depends, the Rwandan government is being "like the Europeans"
Why
Can we be friends?
I have both Tutsi and Hutu blood in me ✊🏿✊🏿
Same here
Same
What about Haitians?
@@davidcollegerosemont Haitians are mostly of West African descent
Haitians are definitely Togo
Thank you for this great piece of African history. I am fascinated by the history of the people of Rwanda/Burundi/Tanzania/Kenya/Uganda, the history of the Lemba (of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa), Great Zimbabwe, Zulu (Shembe), Ancient Kingdom of Kongo, Mbundu, Swahili, Cape-Malais, Kabinda, ... You can only understand Southern Africa and its populations through their respective histories. Again great work of history because your presentation is promoting peaceful cohabitation of ethnically diverse yet related people.
my lovely tutsi peoples you are our blood,.. because of that they kill and through you in nile river,.. big love for tutisu from mother land ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
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❤❤❤. Even today they keep killing us in Burundi and Congo
@@niyoncu no
just saw your video and shared it on my fb account we chat on facebook aswel salute
I spent most of my life as a Tutsi in exile, mostly in Europe. Coming across a Somali or an Ethiopian person meant immediate sympathy most of the time. Except for the language, the rest was so close that we felt like cousins.
I'm somalia and we are cousins we love you also
Same here brother
@@mustafaahmed4035 stfu you call these ppl jareer. Behind their back I’m Northern Sudanese Nubian and Trini I’ve lived back home in Sudan with Somalis you people are racist stop this bs
Some of them even adopted me in their homes growing up so same I respect habeshas
We are somali their ancestors created a song for future generations to never forget us
Some how to some Somali even mentioning tutsi in trouble time means good luck
Your presentation was excellent! I learned so much about the beginnings of these beautiful people. Theirs is a complex history, but also a very interesting one. I am so glad to know that they are striving to live together as one! This is the way it should be.
I'm from somalia i love all my African brothers and sisters. The biggest mistake was when someone came outside Africa and tells us nonsense tutsi and Hutu brothers both african no more no less
Thanks sis that's the right way to think.
That hair is a crown, beautifully done
beautiful
Thank you HomeTeam History for the knowledge.
One of the chiefs looks exactly like the Sudanese Nilotic, I almost thought he was a Sudanese
Why Sudan? Nilote language are found near in Uganda and drc
@@mobidickahlam - He was refering to a specific chief also, Nilotic people make up a much higher % of people in South Sudan.
It’s because they come from the north. Tutsi are originally from Ethiopia
@@criticalthinker8480 There's also what we call "imyotso" only Tutsi people have them and they are common in Ethiopia. I think it's a part of culture they kept. Picture 5:32 marks on top of eyes
Hey this not Sudanese they Don t travel or capture anther country this guy look like Somalian or Masai not Sudan not warior
Thank you for the info. I always wondered what caused the friction between them and knew Europe was in the midst. African cultural and race/tribe history is always interesting to learn about.
keep doing this important work sir. the word sound and syntax of the word TUTSI does fit ancient egyptian language patterns precisely. tut was a Egyptian word.
And what does "tut" mean?
I love this series. I hope you also start making videos about the different black ethnic groups in the Caribean, South America, and North America.
Thank you for this understanding, Kaka Mdogo, bless you.
I am beginning to see how the abandoning, for whatever reason, as seen in the Kongo Kingdom, of our age-old values and systems can be so devastating… yet these are systems that we can build on and achieve the African Renaissance.
It’s not a small matter because without African Renaissance, which implies setting up systems within African civilization, the current struggle for economic liberation cannot be won….
This is because it is only our authentic aspirations that can drive such an economy. And aspirations, in turn, come from self-determination, which itself comes from identity, which is born of culture, spawned of civilization.
For now, we, Africans, run our systems using borrowed or enforced European aspirations…and the lender of aspirations controls the dreams, thoughts, actions, destiny and EXISTENCE of the borrower. This is why wa henga (the ancients) said "Mwaacha mila ni mtumwa" in Kiswahili roughly translates into “He who abandons their culture becomes enslaved”
We can only entrust our future to ourselves; Therefore we have to generate our own aspirations, which come, in four steps, from our civilization as discussed above.
The hair styles of the men looks like an ancient Egyptian head dress of upper & lower kingdoms!!
Just my conjectures here: These Tutsis remind me of Fulanis in West Africa. Similarities: They probably came into the region in a relatively recent history. The infamous cattle herding and nomadic lifestyle. The complete openness to live among their hosts and intermarry. The habit of installing one of theirs as chief within the community. They also look Fulani. Again, these are just my thoughts.. I wonder if the Fulani lost a group that ended up in Rwanda lol
They are both hamitic
Seismic Vertigo I don’t really think so most Fulani look like their neighbors. There are a few that do look like that though
peter griffin guy I hope you understand that idea is an invention made from a religious text. Both those ethnic groups history, genetics, culture and linguistics developed in Africa. Their phenotype is a unique African trait and not remotely close to any “Europeaness” or “Arabness”. Features like that developed amongst Africans originally and then other people inherited that physical “format” if you will
@@hometeamhistory806 I think there is more than a few, it really depends on the Fula group.
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they probably arrived in the area during the pastoral neolithic where nomads started traveling to present day kenya/tanzania with thier livestock, they eventually entered rwanda.
Awesome, I wonder if you will be able to cover all the ethnic groups in the motherland I want to know about them all even the ones that are no longer with us 🙏🏿 my brother as we go forward you should be looking into putting this into a book format so we can buy and continue to pass on the knowledge, our people need to know themselves I appreciate you for existing as one of ours may the ancestors protect and bless you with wealth and strength to continue being the spark ⚡️ of the great african people awakening
It's so good to see my people of other nations on here chatting and communicating without insult. That's what the enemy wants confusion and no one talking to find out what happened or who we really are.much love to you all and be careful.
Kendall Bledsoe I’m not sure if I’m included in this, as I am Irish and not of African roots, but yes, it is great to see people from other countries communicating and learning more about each other! I was inspired to learn more of African and in particular Rwandan histories and cultures by Stromae, my favorite singer and songwriter. He is half Rwandan and has mentioned tutsi/hutu tensions in his songs previously, so I really wanted to learn more about the roots and background of this amazing guy. I absolutely love his work (and him) :)
Thank you for this explanation. With the relatively recent developments in politics and economics in the region, this background it useful in understanding not only the sad history, but the promises of a better future.
Glad I watched this, I really didn’t know why that happened. We are one people lets stop fighting and start loving each other.
Ok seriously the Tutsi have the most perfect facial structure. Matter fact their whole skin is flawless. Just gorgeous
This is the same racist mindset that Belgium had.
What?how do you equate saying these people are beautiful and have perfect features and flawless skin to being racist?are you seriously normal in your head?you jealous will kill you.they are beautiful ofcourse and there is nothing wrong appreciating someone's beauty,you must be really insecure of how your look that you would view someone complimenting others as racist what!
Your teaching is calm and nice to listen to .Thanks brother
Great work on our history.
The interpretation of it is even more vital. My wish is for us to utilize history to empower our future.
We all African one people 🇯🇲
Amen
You actually deserve millions of views we wanna complain about slavery like that Thats our only history but dont wanna take a closer look at the deeper history.
Which deeper history??? None of you where taken from east africa, you ignorant fools!!
@@Chilbuli_Baby please learn history before throwing insults. All along East Africa slaves were stolen as far as Congo...Tanzania Kenya ..Uganda to middle East & some to America's.
And the only people who were never taken into slavery.
@@Chilbuli_Baby SAD JUST SOOOOO SAD!🤦🏿♀️
I look
I'm a proud Tutsi from Burundi !!✊🏾💪🏾
No you are confusing things probably cus you didn't learned their history from the right source. Tutsi history is self explanatory and Tutsi ancestors made sure to preserve it through sophisticated way of memorizing it through what they called "Ibisigo" and ibisigo never change they had what they called "Inteko y' abasizi" whose main duty was to memorize history through "ibisigo" which is a way close to poems but not exactly poems as poems are always about expressing your feelings but "Ibisigo" were not about feelings but rather they were about reality of what happened in their lives and there is a queen mother who introduced that kind of history preservation and she is credited for that, her name was "Nyirarumaga".
In Tutsi monarchy no king was allowed to rule alone without his mother ,even he had lost his mother prior to being crowned they would look for another woman in his family to serve as his mother and that's what happened to that queen mother"Nyirarumaga" she wasn't the biological mother of the king but because the king's mother died when he was still young when he got crowned the king he asked that Nyirarumaga would be his mother and rule with him,she was a very smart lady with the kindest heart and that's how she entered in the history making.
So what you are saying about "Gihanga" is called "ibitekerezo"and this was a way of conveying a message more like parables which is based on actions not bloodline, so Gihanga didn't not father Tutsi and Hutu and Twa that's not the message the Tutsi monarchy wanted to pass down ,it's nothing to do with bloodline but rather the actions of Gihanga as a founder of "Rwanda as a country " and so because there are 3 tribes in Rwanda :Tutsi ,Hutu and Twa and yes Gihanga is a Tutsi king who founded Rwanda as a country hence why he was credited for that and called the father of Rwanda and hence there were 3 tribes Tutsi,Hutu ,Twa that's why they had to convey a message that says he is the father of those 3 tribes since he is the founder of the country Rwanda that has 3 tribes so it has nothing to do with the bloodline and they never intended to to say he biologically fathered them no it was merely based on Him being the founder of the country and cus he was credited to found the country they also had to include all the 3 tribes on that land.
And prior to Gihanga there were other Tutsi kingdoms on the land and no body knows when they came and no the whole land was not inhabited by Hutu and Twa and also no body knows when hutu or twa came to that land either so no body can tell who came the first but since the land is in east Africa and it's where the furthest source of the Nil river is and it's 100% sure that Tutsi ruled in ancient egypt&israel when these two countries were one and inhabited by black nations and that's exactly where Tutsi ancestors said they came from and they look exactly like many kings and royals of ancient Egypt so one can conclude that they were used to travel to the source of Nil river since Nil river has always been the main source of water for Egypt and so when it was time to look for another land to inhabit they knowingly went down to the region of great lakes where they knew there is the source of their Nil river hence why no body knows who came first between Tutsi,Hutu and Twa .
However when migrations took place in Africa it was impossible to see the whole tribe migrating at the same time o they would come in small groups and that's what happened to Tutsi too, Gihanga was the son of a man called "Kazi" who was the 12th generation of the last Tutsi group and his mother was the daughter from one of the first Tutsi groups who came and occupied the empty land and started their kingdom so that's how Gihanga was born and he married in the first Tutsi group who had built more kingdoms thus had more land they ruled and it's from this group that he gave birth to his son called "Kanyarwanda" and had him inherit his new Kingdom Rwanda that he started to found with the aim of making an empire by bringing together all the other kingdoms ruled by his fellow Tutsi to form one big country Rwanda so they could have a centralized administration, so Gihanga had other 3 more sons from other Tutsi women from other groups and he had them inherit other kingdoms he had built Bugesera still in Rwanda,in Kivu region currently in congo ,Karagwe region currently in Tanzania cus the colonizers stole the land from Rwanda and added it onto the neighbor countries in a way of taking the richest part away so Rwanda wouldn't be a strong country and make colonizers lose their power in the region .
So those first Tutsi groups who came first and inhabited the empty lands they migrated in groups and were all from north Africa the side of egypt/israel and didn't come all at the same time however they are known to be the people who built the first kingdoms on the land so when each came to the empty land they would give themselves a name of praising themselves based on what they want to do how far they want to take the kingdom or just based on how noble they are and then they would pick an animal that would be their mascot that's totemic, and those groups of Tutsi gave themselves these names :Abasinga,Abazigaba,Abenengwe,Abongera, Abahinda, Ababanda and Abagara and these were the names they gave their kingdoms, Initially there were inhabited by Tutsi only but later as they kept breeding themselves their number grew and they had noticed the other parts of the land where hutu and twa scattered and didn't have kings, they simply lived one family here another there and each family would mind their own business and yes they were farmers so the elder of the family would serve as someone who take the lead in farming and help them cut down forests so they could have land to cultivate and his descendants would harvest and bring him offerings from the harvest and that's it ,they had no ruling system as a whole tribe it was more of a house thing which made Tutsi see the potential of expanding their kingdoms onto those lands too and when a kingdom of one of those Tutsi groups expanded its territory onto that land where hutu and twa are scattered that land would also take the name of that Tutsi group and so would hutu and TWA since it was the name of the land not the name of lineage.
For instance when the Tutsi kingdom called Abasinga expanded onto that land where hutu and twa are scattered that land would also take the name of "Ubusinga " and so the hutu and twa on that land would also take the name of "Abasinga" since it's based on the land not the bloodline so there would now be the Abasinga who are Tutsi ,and abasinga who are Hutu and abasinga who are Twa so Tutsi strongly respected lineage/bloodline hence why they never tempted to play with their name Tutsi, it was always there as their tribe name and yes they are pastoralists and they are not Tutsi because they are pastoralists being pastoralists has nothing to do with identity it's simply cus that's their culture from their ancestors but being Tutsi is a bloodline identity it's their lineage and none can become a Tutsi by just owning cows that's a lie post colonial politics made up for their own benefits, one has to be born Tutsi to be called Tutsi hence why during the genocide against Tutsi 1959-1994 the hutu would simply look at them and know they are Tutsi and kill them and the genocide against Tutsi was a long time plan of the colonizers cus they tried to steal the country and stay in it but Tutsi refused to hand it over to them and started to fight them diplomatically and openly demanded them to get out of Rwanda that Rwanda is for Rwandans not europeans so the colonizers came up with a plan of puting hutu in power since hutu accepted to submit to colonizers and use them to exterminate Tutsi so colonizers would hope to forever have Rwanda as their land they would control any how they want.
Thank you for clarity becuse there were missing informations in the video about Rwandan history.
Can you recommand books or other references to check about anscient rwandan history and kingdom politics and social system ?
Thank you bro for all your insightful clarifications on the people of Rwanda. I love those people a lot, they are very kindhearted and humble.
we also love you.welcome in Rwanda
hello brother thank you for this video i just want to correct you on one point, there were no ''rwandan genocide" it's "GENOCIDE AGAINST TUTSI" It's crucial that you don't confuse it and always use it right. keep up the good work for most of our generation don't really know much about this
Thank You! Quite interesting and informative. Sheeesh It is a lot to take in, must re-listen!.
Beautifully done. Thank you!
Great stuff man. I am actually ethnically Tutsi Rwandan and it’s very rare for me to learn about my pre-colonial history. Thank you!
Am a somali lady i leave in kenya i believe that Tutsi are migrated from Somalia, they are our blood
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Thank you for this enlightenment. What a beautiful people these two brotherly tribes are.
Thank you for this excerpt! I have been mistaken for a Tutsi and though I am of a different ethnic group, I couldn’t be prouder of that mistake, for we are all one, as African Brothers and Sisters. 💝🙏🏾💪🏾💕
Kikuyu have our blood
We lived there right after Jesus
25% of kikuyu have masai somali ancestry
Can you do one on the Somali people, so you can debunk certain myths and foreign judgements also.
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I love that you, teach our history keep up the good work 😀😀
You are really a historian..... keep it up with the good works you are doing............
thanks a lot for the good history.........
They look strong, confident, beautiful, and unique. I pray they stay this way.
Proud to be part Tutsi!!! RBG💯❤
Iam guessing your more Hutu
Chiefdryno I am happy for you and for all Rwandese who have come together and are embracing truth, justice, reconciliation and forgiveness as the foundation for peace and progress. We can't talk of a united Africa if we are at loggerheads with our own brothers/sisters at village level or always quarrelling with our own countrymen.
@@georgeodhiambo598 Thank you. Love, Unity and Forgiveness is the only way forward. ✌
@ClydeWebb RoastedMe I hear you fam! Salute!
truth rules can you explain why you think “white power” got me? Hutus and Tutsis definitely exists.. saying they don’t is the problem. The only solution is to acknowledge the differences and accept them and coexist in peace and harmony.
Beautifully done.
Thank you so much for this fantastic and great work.
At 14 I was sent home 🏡 to 🇷🇼 Rwanda from England 🇬🇧. Seeing my grandparents and asking their history was the best thing that happened to me.