Banyarwanda definition
Banyarwanda literally means “people from Rwanda.” In the pre-colonial epoch, Kinyarwanda-speaking communities in the Kivu were politically linked to the central authority of the Rwandan kingdom, but operated with varying degrees of autonomy.
Banyarwanda. , which means ”the people of Rwanda”, traditionally consists of three ”population groups”: Bahutu, Batutsi, and Batwa, simplified in the West as Hutu, Tutsi and Twa.1 Traditionally all of them belong to 18 different clans, unrelated to whether they are Hutu, Tutsi or Twa.2 Banyarwandans have lived together for hundreds of years, but despite a common language and shared religious traditions, there exist tiny cultural differences that reflect historical rather than ethnic or genetic divides.
Banyarwanda means those who speak Kinyarwanda and refers to both Hutus and Tutsis of Rwandese origin living in the DRC.
Examples of Banyarwanda in a sentence
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