The Probert Encyclopaedia of People

HUTU

The Hutu are the majority ethnic group of both Burundi and Rwanda, numbering around 9,500,000. The
Hutu tend to live as peasant farmers. Traditionally they have been dominated by the Tutsi minority; there is a long history of violent conflict between the two groups. The Hutu language belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger- Congo family.
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