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Human Rights: Rwanda - English
URL: http://www.rnw.nl/humanrights/html/rwanda.html

The genocide of 1994 continues to cast a long shadow over the Central African nation of Rwanda. Within the space of three months, three-quarters of a million people were massacred.

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Rwanda -- History - English
URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/NEH/rw-hist.html

Pre-Colonial History Twa, Hutu and Tutsi are the three peoples who inhabit Rwanda. The Twa, who number less than 1% percent of the population and are pygmies. They preferred living in the forests where they lived by hunting and gathering. The Twa gave way when the Hutu arrived in the region and moved deeper into the forests.

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History of Rwanda - English
URL: http://www.webspawner.com/users/rwanda/historyofrwanda.html

An outline of the history of Rwanda dating back a thousand years.

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History of Rwanda - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/rwanda_history.html

According to folklore, Tutsi cattle breeders began arriving in the area from the Horn of Africa in the 15th century and gradually subjugated the Hutu inhabitants. The Tutsis established a monarchy headed by a mwami (king) and a feudal hierarchy of Tutsi nobles and gentry.

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