Burundi and Rwanda Compared

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  • čas přidán 25. 10. 2019
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    Burundi and Rwanda, or...officially the Republic of Burundi and the Republic of Rwanda
    Two small, bordering, landlocked countries in East Africa. Both in the African Great Lakes region. Burundi borders Lake Tanganyika, the second-largest and second-oldest freshwater lake in the world. And Rwanda borders Lake Kivu, a lake that is one of three known lakes to go through limnic eruptions. A limnic eruption is a rare type of natural disaster in which deep lake waters burst into a gas cloud that can kill any living creature near the lake. So if that ever happens, Rwanda would be very vulnerable.
    Tensions have been high between the two for a few years now. However, even though the current leaders of both have been talking trash, the two countries have a lot in common.
    For starters, they used to be part of the same kingdom. Ruanda-Urundi, which was once part of German East Africa, a territory ruled by Belgium between 1922 and 1962.

Komentáře • 436

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +49

    6:55 I am a dingus. I mispronounced Tanzania.

    • @kisame786
      @kisame786 Před 4 lety +3

      Even after the security breach they are still giving out discounts

    • @devingiles6597
      @devingiles6597 Před 4 lety +1

      Hey, Mr. Beat! Can you please do a video on Alaska and Hawaii?

    • @TheAlexwilhelm
      @TheAlexwilhelm Před 4 lety +1

      not how VPNS actually work in your pitch, recommend the tom scott video!!!!

    • @doyinbademosi6086
      @doyinbademosi6086 Před 4 lety

      Your video is full of misinformation, and it is sad some people will believe some of your errors as informative...no offense intended, but this is ignorance on rampage!

    • @Stoneface_
      @Stoneface_ Před 4 lety

      Doyin BADEMOSI what’s the ‘misinformations’ as you call it?

  • @Debre.
    @Debre. Před 4 lety +304

    Another thing: Burundi is the most recent country to change its capital city, from Bujumbura to Gitega less than a year ago.

    • @cocotaveras8975
      @cocotaveras8975 Před 4 lety +15

      S. A. Debre Indonesia is debating doing the same thing.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +27

      I was going to mention that but think I cut it out. I cut out a few things to try to reduce my workload. Thanks for mentioning it!

    • @visorij3374
      @visorij3374 Před 4 lety +1

      Why

    • @KabalFromMK9
      @KabalFromMK9 Před 4 lety +1

      @@visorij3374 Because

    • @ausintune9014
      @ausintune9014 Před 4 lety +1

      @@visorij3374 fresh building ground.

  • @664theneighbor5
    @664theneighbor5 Před 4 lety +227

    I’ve been to Rwanda! Beautiful place! My car once got stuck in a village there and the locals helped pull it out

    • @mugabo2911
      @mugabo2911 Před 4 lety +7

      we are cool!!!!! hhhhhhh!!! where though?

    • @irinyuzuwerafrancoise336
      @irinyuzuwerafrancoise336 Před 3 lety +5

      S E P how come you luck common sense?

    • @664theneighbor5
      @664theneighbor5 Před 3 lety +3

      Mugabo W D I went to Kigali & around Ruhengeri/Volcanoes National Park

    • @gatetebosco5306
      @gatetebosco5306 Před 3 lety +21

      What is your measure for poverty? The person earning 700$ in Rwanda can pay school fees for his children, pay health services, buy a family cloths and put food on table and roof over their roof for a family in Rwanda. What other riches other than those do you need? All we work for is to get basic needs. Luxury life isn't richness. Richness is getting basic needs in life easily. And I guarantee you 90% of Rwandese have basic needs in life and that is enough for us. No need of luxurious life to judge poverty or richnes

    • @miguelibarra3402
      @miguelibarra3402 Před 3 lety +4

      @S E P only because it's a beautiful place with good people doesn't mean that its going to be a rich place.

  • @Barc112
    @Barc112 Před 4 lety +123

    Some more modern facts:
    In 2007, Rwanda became the first country in the world to legislate an outright ban on plastic bags
    Rwanda has the world’s highest representation of women in parliament

    • @Barc112
      @Barc112 Před 3 lety +12

      @S E P Now that I check other sources, it seems Bangladesh was the first country in the world, while Greenpeace says Rwanda was the first African country.

    • @poserose5373
      @poserose5373 Před 3 lety +1

      Cool

    • @TheEditFactory
      @TheEditFactory Před 3 lety +2

      Another Fact: Rwanda is nicknamed "Africa's Singapore"

  • @FriendoftheDork
    @FriendoftheDork Před 4 lety +104

    Interesting. I've been in Rwanda once, never Burundi though. A few points:
    1. Rwanda has low crime, one of the lowest in Africa. This is not just government propaganda, but also seen in the trusting nature of people, lack of reported thefts. Essentially no one was worried about pickpockets or random violence.
    2. A possible reason why, but also showing how it is not really a democratic society is the level of security. Armed guards were common not just around embassies, government buildings and even some museums, but there was also luggage checks at hotels similar to airports, armed guard (private security) around ATMs and banks, and fairly heavy police presence.
    3. The education was an interesting point, but one could also bring up technological investments which Rwanda has been developing rapidly. Not sure how it compares to Burundi, but they do compare strong with most African countries with the exception of South Africa and Nigeria.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +16

      Thanks for sharing those points.

    • @mabhodlelajj1195
      @mabhodlelajj1195 Před 4 lety +9

      with exception of south africa,not nigeria!Rwanda is better than nigeria in many ways~!!

    • @KC-wj7yh
      @KC-wj7yh Před 3 lety +2

      U don' y want ur saying or ur just a rwandese .no one does not know where rwanda got that ur saying development .they got by selling Genocide in the would .Developed countries , shamed because of they Role in genocide, they came with huge money to rebuild the country they play a big role to destroy it. BURUNDI has everything , food .... and they manage to survive for 6 years without any help aid from outside the country .But managed to organize themselves election. Poor country but people very happy.not like in rwanda where no one can ' t even dream for challenging the gourvement , people arw paying taxes to everything even yr own propriety. The president has a right to kill everyone who trying to oppose him .in and outside the country .

    • @sweetlemonade6925
      @sweetlemonade6925 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mabhodlelajj1195 No it does not compare with Nigeria.

    • @satisfysmack9935
      @satisfysmack9935 Před 2 lety

      @@iammrbeat my friend that was a half baked presentation.

  • @psy-lion
    @psy-lion Před 4 lety +160

    Most of the poorest countries in the world historically were under the French/Belgian rule. Coincidence? I think not. Just French and Belgian were the keenest to extract their resources so they got nothing left.

    • @jenialjessy
      @jenialjessy Před 4 lety +26

      Psytrance Makes You Better as a Frenchman, I agree: whereas the French/Belgians mainly exploited, the British brought with them their socio-political systems. The Spanish/Portuguese brought in religion and mixed themselves in with the local population, be it by relations or by force.

    • @ausintune9014
      @ausintune9014 Před 4 lety +11

      fuck no, these regions were always poor. Compared to algeria and Morocco (french colonies number 1) and dont forget vietnam that have quite decent wealth.

    • @ausintune9014
      @ausintune9014 Před 4 lety +7

      @@jenialjessy most of africa were protectorates that are NOT directly ruled. The spanish and portugueses mostly had COLONIES, these are very different things

    • @1wun1
      @1wun1 Před 4 lety +10

      Morocco, Tunisia, Gabon and Algeria were french colonies yet they're much better

    • @MichouThe
      @MichouThe Před 4 lety +4

      They still havent repay the reparations like UK is guilty of.

  • @tonyjohansson7567
    @tonyjohansson7567 Před 4 lety +71

    Even though we got hooked to your channel by all the Presidential Election videos, my son and I find theese comparing videos very addictive. You're a great teacher, mr Beat!

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +8

      Aw thank you so much! That is good to know. While miss making those presidential election videos, these are just as fun if not more fun to make. :)

  • @mapk1516
    @mapk1516 Před 4 lety +31

    Rwanda also has the largest number of female representation in Parliament than anywhere else in the world!

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +6

      Woah how did I miss this?!?

  • @USSAnimeNCC-
    @USSAnimeNCC- Před 4 lety +108

    What a good way to start my morning learning African history form a wave of CZcams Channels

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +8

      Prepare to be watching all day. :)

  • @karegaloic7716
    @karegaloic7716 Před 4 lety +24

    dude both our countries are like twins we have pretty much the same history and our language can be understood by each other

  • @NateTheGreat2399
    @NateTheGreat2399 Před 4 lety +40

    Haven't been this excited for a CZcams History collab since The Bronze Age collab

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +2

      It might be our best one yet. There are so many great topics!

  • @andydrew03
    @andydrew03 Před 4 lety +40

    Okay, I normally enjoy your US city/state comparison videos the most but this international one was good. Keep comparing! 👍🏿

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +5

      This is awesome to hear. I was surprised at how much I got into making this one. It's probably because I learned so much!

  • @johnnybegood92
    @johnnybegood92 Před 4 lety +19

    Same country, same people and culture.. I’m proudly from both nation ❤️✅
    Love BJM BUJUMBURA 😍😘

  • @SamAronow
    @SamAronow Před 4 lety +41

    Burundi could have much lower unemployment because the population is so much less urbanized. Agricultural work is far less prone to unemployment but much more vulnerable to fluctuating crop prices. This is why heavily urbanized mixed/capitalist economies tend to have a much higher unemployment rate that can still be considered “full employment.” In the US today, that’s 4-5%, and anything less would be a labor shortage, but in a more rural population that would be considered a sign of economic crisis.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +14

      Holy crap, that's a really good point. I should have realized that! Yeah, the unemployment rate as an indicator can be incredibly misleading about a country's economic health.

  • @HistoryHustle
    @HistoryHustle Před 4 lety +5

    Very interesting video. It was great working with you in this collaboration video. My aunt witnissed the Rwandan Genocide. She was located at a church near the Kivu Lake and saw horrible things. Later they were picked up by an international team via Congo. Her daughter (my cousin) visited Rwanda recently and noticed how closed the people were. Yet, Rwanda was very safe and clean.

  • @vincenzorutigliano5435
    @vincenzorutigliano5435 Před 4 lety +34

    This is the best summary of these 2 countries

  • @matkosova3482
    @matkosova3482 Před 4 lety +27

    Great video, although you didn't talk about the Rwandan economic miracle! Try comparing Czechia and Slovakia next!

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +6

      I mean, I wouldn't call it an "economic miracle." It still needs a lot of work. However, it is growing like crazy thank goodness!

    • @mackyj7801
      @mackyj7801 Před 4 lety +3

      @Ewarton Charlton its also ranked 2nd for ease in doing business in Africa

  • @alexandrealakoua546
    @alexandrealakoua546 Před 4 lety +25

    Next time please Johannesburg and Cape Town. Your videos are great

    • @Debre.
      @Debre. Před 4 lety +5

      Why not just go overboard and do four at the same time? Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Pretoria, the largest city and the three capitals. ))

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +7

      @@Debre. I typically just do two at a time so that it is easier to keep track of, but I can consider doing something like that.

  • @otterdccaptain9229
    @otterdccaptain9229 Před 4 lety +22

    Great video! I recently went to Rwanda and it is one of my favorite countries. The people are amazing and I never felt safer. Just a couple things, the Genocide Against the Tutsis lasted 100 days and the genocide was orchestrated by the Hutu government.

    • @Stoneface_
      @Stoneface_ Před 4 lety +2

      OtterDC Captain now the government is control by the Tutsis but the country is doing extremely well, economically speaking!

  • @HistorywithCy
    @HistorywithCy Před 4 lety +2

    Great breakdown...your clear and concise style and portrayal of the facts is perfect...thanks for putting this together!

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety

      Well thank you! I enjoyed your video as well. :)

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Před 4 lety +1

    I'm finally getting to the end of this amazing playlist. Great job!

  • @tellthemborissentyou
    @tellthemborissentyou Před 4 lety +12

    Rwanda joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 2009 despite having no historic links to the United Kingdom. Burundi has applied to join.

    • @MC3112
      @MC3112 Před 4 lety

      tellthemborissentyou did you that commonwealth summit will take place in Rwanda/Kigali nex summer 2020

  • @rosswebster7877
    @rosswebster7877 Před 4 lety +3

    What a great and welcome surprise to see you compare two Sub-Saharan African nations! I hope you get to do more in the future. Really looking forward to checking out this massive playlist too! I’m reminded on the great collaboration between RealLifeLore, Wendover Production, and Real Life Engineering on medical drones in Rwanda.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +2

      That's the plan! Thanks for the nice comment. :)

  • @brunoglopes
    @brunoglopes Před 4 lety +1

    Another great video. Love this channel. Keep up the great work!

  • @smurk3
    @smurk3 Před 4 lety +4

    You're better than my geography teacher about both Rwanda and Burundi history. what a nice video. Keep exploring more bro 🇷🇼🇧🇮

  • @UsefulCharts
    @UsefulCharts Před 4 lety +12

    When is the M.Laser and Jack Rackam Compared video coming out?

  • @retf8977
    @retf8977 Před 4 lety +7

    Wow, Very great video and my utmost respect for Burundi and rwanda, I hope Burundi Gets well economically and politically soon, it has to stop The french/Chinese economic colonialism the set countries are doing in Burundi, while Rwanda, is doing great, very very great! I hope this growth continues, and I hope rwanda And Burundi Become leading economies in africa, Although rwanda is much closer to its goal. Anyways, nothing but love and respect for my african brother from Egypt!

  • @ermesdallagasperina6136
    @ermesdallagasperina6136 Před 4 lety +7

    Great Video Mr Beat! Both very interesting countries

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks Ermes! And I agree that they are interesting.

  • @philipgagarin6673
    @philipgagarin6673 Před 4 lety +10

    Shocking that you did this Mr.Beat! Also what collab is this?

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +3

      I shocked myself a bit. lol It is part of #projectafrica. Here is the whole playlist: czcams.com/play/PLivC9TMdGnL_nFh7EtyLykEbzxCMH7nkB.html

  • @HistoryandHeadlines
    @HistoryandHeadlines Před 4 lety +7

    Wow, you're now at 130,000 subscribers! Congratulations! It wasn't that long ago that we were all congratulating you on hitting 100,000! :)

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +2

      And reading me mean comments! lol Well thank you. Hopefully you get a lot of growth out of this collaboration.

    • @HistoryandHeadlines
      @HistoryandHeadlines Před 4 lety +1

      @@iammrbeat Thanks! I hope so. I think I've gained about 20 subs so far. :)

  • @jenialjessy
    @jenialjessy Před 4 lety +20

    Never expected a video on Africa, let alone where I’m from! French Texan here of Tutsi/Burundian and Congolese descent.
    Hope you’ll continue shining a light on faraway places Americans skim past in school - especially in light of current affairs. Our world is smaller than we think! All the best.

    • @vaselinemoney9686
      @vaselinemoney9686 Před 4 lety +1

      Jessy Diamba I bet you from Dallas also I’m both Tutsi and Hutu decent

    • @jenialjessy
      @jenialjessy Před 4 lety +1

      PUNANI TEARS I sure am!

    • @ngaboyan2232
      @ngaboyan2232 Před 4 lety +1

      How in the world are you a Burundian Tutsi of Congolese descent? Am Burundian of Congolese descent and the Tutsi reality in Congo is a very recent thing

    • @jenialjessy
      @jenialjessy Před 4 lety

      @@ngaboyan2232 my father is Congolese, and mother is half Congolese half Burundian.

  • @b_dockk
    @b_dockk Před 4 lety +1

    I just found your channel! I can't wait to binge-watch your other content.

  • @drinkwine420
    @drinkwine420 Před 3 lety +2

    3rd Mr Beat video I've ever watched and I'm now a true fan. You remind me of Bill Nie The Science Guy but you cover History. You should be in class rooms across America because the kids could learn a lot from you. Even adults like myself learn a lot from you. Thank you for your work.

  • @jabig1
    @jabig1 Před 4 lety +3

    Rwanda is turning itself into an economic powerhouse. Low crime, great country to live in.

  • @miguelntirampeba4797
    @miguelntirampeba4797 Před 3 lety +5

    I love this! My mom is from Rwanda and my dad is from Burundi, so I’m a bit of both :) there couldn’t have been better countries to compare!

  • @CRE-cl1dv
    @CRE-cl1dv Před 4 lety +19

    6:54 Im pretty sure it's Tan-za-nia not Tan-zania

    • @noname_1377
      @noname_1377 Před 4 lety +2

      With emphasis on tan-za-NIA

    • @OldeSoul
      @OldeSoul Před 4 lety +1

      Actually, in African circles I hear Tan-ZA-nia more than Tan-za-NIA.

  • @obedmicomyiza6084
    @obedmicomyiza6084 Před 4 lety +3

    Another major thing is that Kirundi and Kinyarwanda are basically the same, kinda like British and American English.

    • @lechevalieraubrasmetalliqu2647
    • @Chilbuli_Baby
      @Chilbuli_Baby Před 4 lety +1

      Not exactly , it's not just the accent that changes . It's more like Portuguese and spanish..same roots I think...these languages are also similar to kiganda and other languages all the way to south africa

  • @oslonorway547
    @oslonorway547 Před 4 lety +12

    Hey you reading this, check out the full playlist Mr. Beat and other history channels made, about African history. I just looked it up now, and there are surprisingly a lot of interesting videos there - stuff which even your friend's and colleagues of African origin probably know very little about.
    The link is in the description of this very video you're watching. ... These history guys did a good job on such a large project. 👏

  • @mwanykange
    @mwanykange Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for the video, learned much from it.

  • @tommyrubega5885
    @tommyrubega5885 Před 4 lety +4

    Rwanda has published several reports on their history, therefore your information shouldn't have been western based.

  • @fromthehills814
    @fromthehills814 Před 3 lety

    I have been watching this playlist and I got so happy to see there's a whole video dedicated to my home(Rwanda) and her sister 😀

  • @rukoranyangabo9128
    @rukoranyangabo9128 Před 4 lety +13

    You're story is too old.Life has changed a lot in Rwanda.

    • @nightlifetokyo7254
      @nightlifetokyo7254 Před 4 lety +2

      isaac kalimbwami a exactly this is long story because there is no comparison now

    • @Stoneface_
      @Stoneface_ Před 4 lety

      Nightlife Tokyo so Rwanda is better than Burundi?

    • @uwajenezaemertha1613
      @uwajenezaemertha1613 Před 4 lety

      In Rwanda every day is new
      Mr beat should make another vid bout
      Rwanda 🇷🇼

  • @motorcop505
    @motorcop505 Před 4 lety +2

    I had a friend who was a professor in Burundi stay with me for several months and it was very enlightening. He said many people settled old scores while the civil war was going on in the 90’s (he stayed with me in 1997) and that you could get someone killed for about US$300. He also said he lost a brother because he had chronic diarrhea as a child. When have you ever heard of someone dying from diarrhea? It may have been cholera or some other disease, but still it’s not something that happens in the West. He also said he was on a bus one day when it was stopped. A guy got on with a gun and ordered another man off and shot him right there. People in advanced Western countries have no idea how fortunate they are.

  • @ericleblanch9510
    @ericleblanch9510 Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful video ever.. I been to both countries.. grow up and know both countries..
    Kongo for life and Afrika for life...

  • @eldorados_lost_searcher
    @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 4 lety +10

    That's a smart cat.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +4

      She certainly knows her VPNs

  • @judithcharvit7982
    @judithcharvit7982 Před 4 lety +3

    I love your videos. I learn international relations ( at university) and they help me a lot. Thank you !

  • @factsonrwanda
    @factsonrwanda Před 4 lety +7

    Hello,
    Clarifications:
    Both countries are not growing similar rates, Rwanda has been growing on an everage of 7% GDP for the last 20 years, this year the World Bank and World Economic Forum put Rwanda among top 3 fastest growing economy in the world.

  • @Chilbuli_Baby
    @Chilbuli_Baby Před 4 lety +2

    You got a few facts wrong, in burundi we also had other ethinc groups :Himas , Ganwas...Ganwas where the ones in power (kingship) in Burundi not tutsis and power was divide amongst Ganwa princes and important Families from every ethnic groups expect the twas and the himas. Obviously it did not fit the german's eugenics theories soo they changed it to what you described in the video. Rwanda has a different histrory I think. Interesting video none the less👍

  • @abodetidings8392
    @abodetidings8392 Před 3 lety +1

    wow thanks for sharing

  • @TheCrunchyJello
    @TheCrunchyJello Před 4 lety +1

    Being a Tutsi originally did not mean that you were richer than a Hutu. The groups started out more like castes that could be freely moved between with the Tutsi being cattle herders and the Hutu being farmers. Also, banana beer and wine is traditional to Rwanda as well and available there. Only a couple of minor errors besides that, still a very good video!

  • @SamAronow
    @SamAronow Před 4 lety +4

    I have a friend who recently visited Israel from Rwanda. I have to send this to her.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety

      Please do! I am curious to how folks from Rwanda will react to this video. I checked and I don't have very many viewers from the country...at all.

    • @olivieraelogio1803
      @olivieraelogio1803 Před 4 lety

      Mr. Beat I am from Rwanda but you need to dig more ; I don’t know where you got this from but your content is far from the reality because every information there is flawed

  • @Ninja-hn9vo
    @Ninja-hn9vo Před 4 lety +1

    Another great video. can't wait for your keep Portland weird vs keep Austin weird video

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +1

      Boy do I love those two cities

    • @Ninja-hn9vo
      @Ninja-hn9vo Před 4 lety

      @@iammrbeat for xmas. Pleasee You could title it PDX vs ATX

  • @benjaminkeyrose4294
    @benjaminkeyrose4294 Před 4 lety

    came for the topic, stayed for the content, and had to show some love for Ellie's NordVPN review lol

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety

      well glad you actually enjoyed the ad, too :)

  • @kmtforchina8916
    @kmtforchina8916 Před 4 lety +5

    Africa, Finally it's the time for my continent.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +1

      Way past due time. I'm sorry it took so long.

  • @lukedetering4490
    @lukedetering4490 Před 4 lety +1

    I love these collabs

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety

      I do, too, but dang do I not much get done when they come out. :)

  • @zacharystranahan9087
    @zacharystranahan9087 Před 2 lety

    That Bert Kreischer jab got me. 🤣🤣

  • @Vinxi
    @Vinxi Před 4 lety +2

    Let give you some context as a Rwandan; first let me just say we love our Burundian brothers, we basically speak the same language too.
    So first off the history; the difference between tutsi and hutu in pre-colonial Rwanda was based on wealth which was measured primarily through cattle, this means that your status was not fixed as tutsi or hutu, only after colonisation was it contorted to serve the interest of the colonisers
    Second; Burundi from all accurate accounts was birthed from Rwanda; 'urundi' means another, so Burundi in ancient times was mostly seen as another Rwanda it most likely became its own nation through war and dispute explaining the similar culture
    It should be noted though; that at no time was Rwanda and Burundi unified as one Kingdom in pre-colonial times...Rwandans and Burundians come from the same people but they went to different lands(make sense)
    Third; the figures for Rwanda's growth rate in comparison to Burundi in this video are incorrect. Rwanda has gdp growth of about 8%( 3rd in Africa) and the general level of development of Rwanda relative to Burundi is much higher...this is mostly due to how much more efficient Rwanda's government is and altogether both countries are much more beautiful that what was shown in this video, Kigali, Rwanda specifically is stupid clean!
    I do commend this video for what it got right though, better than most ngl
    Ps: you're not forced by law to do umuganda here in Rwanda it's just communal spirit! :)
    Tbh I don't do it that much

    • @kigaliconfidential7830
      @kigaliconfidential7830 Před 4 lety +2

      Thank you!! They just ignore some facts.. thats how they are dont blame them!!

    • @Vinxi
      @Vinxi Před 4 lety +1

      Omar Tikah thanks for taking the time to read through this :)

    • @harrison612
      @harrison612 Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you so much for sharing some discrepancies. I appreciate it.

    • @Chilbuli_Baby
      @Chilbuli_Baby Před 4 lety +1

      Rwanda-urundi with it's capital usumbura was created for colonial purposes. Burundians where never rwandese at some point ,There are other kigdoms with whom we share similarities like the toro kingdom.

    • @Vinxi
      @Vinxi Před 4 lety

      Helena Boñita As I mentioned in my comment, Rwanda and Burundi were never a unified kingdom... *in precolonial times*
      I'm gonna guess you're Burundian, (Hi there - I'm a friend from up North😄) if you've ever gotten any oral history from your parents or elders I'm sure they would've told you how in the earliest times; Burundians branched off to form another thing (see what I did there)
      Unless the narrative is different in Burundi, the other way rounds perhaps?😂

  • @quatreunhuit
    @quatreunhuit Před 3 lety

    Wooow!! You did Burundi❤ It's usually always overlooked. Thanks! 🇨🇦🇧🇮

  • @florarose1626
    @florarose1626 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you so much for the video 🇧🇮🇷🇼🔥

  • @80sDECADEshouldNEVERLEFT

    Cute how you included your cat❤️🐱❤️🐱 I’ve been watching a lot of your videos this week; I like/love learning about certain parts of both the U.S. and other foreign countries🇮🇳😀🇮🇳😀

  • @humpbacksquarepants5580
    @humpbacksquarepants5580 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video

  • @ernestmalonkane8668
    @ernestmalonkane8668 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi Mr Beat,
    Please do a comparison between Botswana 🇧🇼 and Namibia 🇳🇦, what I call two Kalahari desert 🏜 countries. It will be interesting to see how they compare 🙂

  • @tommyrubega5885
    @tommyrubega5885 Před 4 lety +1

    The hutus, tutsi and Batwa are not subgroups were social classes and the king was the only one who was not part of any of the social classes since he was the leader of the social groups

  • @Dad-Seven
    @Dad-Seven Před 3 lety

    Cool video dude :D

  • @Tristan-pp5nm
    @Tristan-pp5nm Před 4 lety +2

    wow great video

  • @Hollywood2021
    @Hollywood2021 Před 3 lety

    They both sound wonderful! I can’t decide where I want to take my vacation

  • @1wun1
    @1wun1 Před 4 lety +3

    Also both had genocides, against the hutu in Burundi and against the tutsi in Rwanda.

    • @Chilbuli_Baby
      @Chilbuli_Baby Před 4 lety +1

      1972 was a failed genocide attempt against tutsis and a very bloody massacre against hutus...get you facts right!

    • @1wun1
      @1wun1 Před 4 lety

      @@Chilbuli_Baby attempt by who?

  • @tsindaalpha7583
    @tsindaalpha7583 Před 3 lety

    4:40 where did you get these numbers ?

  • @liverdowntv5984
    @liverdowntv5984 Před 4 lety

    nice video its really interesting

  • @freddyt55555
    @freddyt55555 Před 4 lety +2

    We could use some umuganda here in the US.

  • @Bgkm
    @Bgkm Před 4 lety +1

    Hey #Mr.Beat, thank you for this comparison. I am Rwandan and live in ,PA USA. I wanted to point out for few things about this. You said Rwanda genocide, that’s incorrect. It is Genocide of Tutsi because it was prepared for longtime. Fortunately, now Rwandan are not distinguishing each other in tribes way, they all consider as one person. Shoutout to Kagame he is the man of vision, if you bring things like that in Rwanda you will end up in jail because things like that is ideological of genocide, that is how it began for leading to Genocide against Tutsi in 1994 by contrasting people. God bless Rwanda and Burundi.

  • @devingiles6597
    @devingiles6597 Před 4 lety +1

    Mr. Beat, you should do a video on comparing St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota.

  • @geekf1
    @geekf1 Před 4 lety +2

    Cool video, Mr Beat. Do one about some countries in Latin America. Like Mexico and Brazil, or Mexico and Argentina, or Brazil and Argentina or Chile.
    Elly really knows her VPN facts...

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +1

      She is a VPN expert. hee hee And yeah, I shall go back to Latin America, although not sure when yet. :)

    • @geekf1
      @geekf1 Před 4 lety

      @@iammrbeat Awesome, can't wait. Thanks, Mr beat.

  • @Upsiverse
    @Upsiverse Před 3 lety

    Would love to see a video comparing other East African nations such as Kenya and Tanzania both incredibly beautiful countries.

  • @rayanlahnaoui9814
    @rayanlahnaoui9814 Před 4 lety +2

    I suggest to compare a moroccan city, like rabat for example, and another African city
    Pleaaaaase I am sure il will be sooo great and English speakers will get to know more about these cities 😊😊

  • @bentleyv1233
    @bentleyv1233 Před 4 lety +1

    I have friends from Kigali (Rwanda)... it is beautiful there, 100% the cleanest country in Africa. Peaceful ass people man

  • @cjkavy2299
    @cjkavy2299 Před 4 lety +1

    Highly recommend Left to Tell, great book about the genocide.

  • @burundikids
    @burundikids Před 4 lety +1

    Please check out our new video for some more great pics from #Burundi: czcams.com/video/azWGMTN5kas/video.html

  • @rubimburabrian2521
    @rubimburabrian2521 Před 4 lety +7

    I agree with you. But the Rwanda you talked is of 2010 not 2019

  • @aribasmajian18
    @aribasmajian18 Před 4 lety +1

    Rwanda looks like Australia in shape and Burundi looks like a heart sort of.

  • @gate832
    @gate832 Před 4 lety +1

    we dond have tusti hutu and twa in our days we are all rwandans

  • @reinsonkibisu2056
    @reinsonkibisu2056 Před 3 lety +1

    Try compare Mombasa and Lamu vs Zanzibar and kilwa in Kenya and Tanzania let’s see the similarities and differences.

  • @CB0408
    @CB0408 Před 4 lety +1

    An idea: Corsica and Sardegna compared

  • @BobbyBermuda1986
    @BobbyBermuda1986 Před 4 lety

    Next Africa topic: Johannesburg vs Cape Town!

  • @alex_zetsu
    @alex_zetsu Před rokem

    It feels like comparing Germany and Austria. "Both have" and followed by some random fact. The countries are separate entities, but their geography and people are very similar. In modern times they both have similar economies. The part where the comparison between Burundi and Rwanda is very different from Germany and Austria was at the unemployment rate "hold on, 1.5%? That doesn't seem right?"

  • @Zeldarw104
    @Zeldarw104 Před 4 lety +2

    I've already watched the cynical historian, and step back history video(s) you're the last, in my trifecta. Yay! Good job.
    I think, I've got more?🤔
    #4tha💓ofHistory

  • @cortezfjy9
    @cortezfjy9 Před 4 lety

    Can u pls compare Shanghai vs Mumbai....
    Beijing vs New Delhi.... I want to know how much gaps these 2 countries have.
    Shanghai vs New York....

  • @liam-man7265
    @liam-man7265 Před 4 lety +1

    0:35 Is Lake Tanganyika really that large for a freshwater lake? What about the Great Lakes or Salt Lake?

    • @moviemaestro800
      @moviemaestro800 Před 4 lety +1

      That's the distortion of the Mercator Map at work for ya. ;)

    • @liam-man7265
      @liam-man7265 Před 4 lety +1

      Leif Bradshaw You’re right! Land areas like Canada, Greenland, and Antarctica look so large when they’re near the poles...

  • @aos5929
    @aos5929 Před 4 lety +2

    Rwanda 🇷🇼 isn’t as bad as you describing it.

  • @davetissue
    @davetissue Před 4 lety +1

    Great video! I'm glad that Africa is finally getting some representations :-)
    Can you please do eSwatini vs Lesotho?
    - from Mbabane, eSwatini

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +2

      Heck yeah. Thanks for the kind words and suggestion!

  • @bappppp
    @bappppp Před 4 lety +1

    The way you said Tanzania lol

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Před 4 lety +1

    love the animated intro

  • @AceHardy
    @AceHardy Před 4 lety +1

    👑

  • @JV-ithc
    @JV-ithc Před 4 lety +3

    Portugal and Spain, Lisbon and Barcelona, Lisbon and Madrid, Lisbon and Porto, Porto and Madrid, Porto and Barcelona, plz

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  Před 4 lety +2

      I'm actually planning all of Spain and Portugal. Eh?

  • @zacharymccann4138
    @zacharymccann4138 Před 4 lety

    Oooh Kenya and Tanzania compared would be an awesome video.

  • @danilovonsquawk572
    @danilovonsquawk572 Před 3 lety

    Mr. Beat can you compare the Canadian provinces?

  • @docmalitt
    @docmalitt Před 4 lety

    So many things to unpack here...that you haven’t even scratched the surface would be an understatement. But at least someone is talking about these countries. Accidentally spent some time on the beaches of beautiful Lake Tanganyika and would only invite people to go there with open mind and educate themselves. With such historical circumstances the depth of social divide (and tribal, of course) along with extreme poverty brings the best and absolute worst in people. Yet I can better understand the feelings of black Americans in the states, having been exposed to blatant, institutionalized and quite overt racism toward whites while living there. But to compare any country that emerged from colonialism and drove straight to dictatorship with any other country is not unfair but impossible. They never stood a chance, and quite frankly nobody gives a s..t even today. So go and see and don’t be surprised if (when) they start cheating you on every step. Forgive them, because they are hungry and you are not. Go there and teach something, volunteer, adopt a child, open a business... don’t just donate 5 bucks to the local charity. Help anyway you can, and the experience will make you a better person.

  • @jensgabrielarbeitmunck1918

    A good idea for a video would be to compare the genocides in both countries

  • @miatx6818
    @miatx6818 Před 4 lety

    Please more compares from other countries

  • @deogratiaskatabalo7612

    Do the video about northern and southern Rodessia