Rwanda: How Rwanda's Clans Were Erased and Replaced With Ethnic Division

17 February 2014

The ongoing trial of Pascal Simbikangwa has revived discourse on the origin of Rwanda's ethnic groups. Just last week, Jeune Afrique published an article in which historians Jean-Pierre Chretien and Marcel Kabanda discuss the theory of Tutsi as foreign invaders and a legitimate enemy to be neutralised.

How did this theory came about?

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