Belgians had used the Hamitic Myth. The Hutu was there first and the Tutsi had invaded, but there is no evidence of this. Europeans thought nobles were tall and thin. Tutsi were tall and thin, so they must be descendants from Ethiopia, which they regarded as the most superior of africans. In Burundi there was no such conquest. Kings were elected and could either be Hutu or Tutsi, either/or. There was a sense of …
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…this as an excuse to attack the Rwandan Tutsis, to gain popularity among the the Hutu majority, to divert hostility, to distract the population from the corruption of governtment. This refugee crisis led to thousands put in refugee camps, and this creates the potential to create militant soldiers. The population feels lost hopes, rejected by life, nowhere to go, so there are many recruits from refugee camps. Refugee camps also keeps region destabilized. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**