Burundians
Hutu and Tutsi
Burundians are people from Burundi, a small landlocked country in East Africa.
The term covers citizens, residents, and those of Burundian descent: Burundians speak Kirundi and French.
The noun doubles as an adjective: Burundian coffee, Burundian refugees.
Continental region by Indian Ocean
- Great Lakes regionTerritory around five major inland seas
- RwandaEast-Central African nation
- TanzaniaDodoma-capital nation
- CongoMajor Central African waterway
landlocked · hills · highlands · agriculture · subsistence farming · coffee · tea · bananas
Legal belonging to country
- citizensMembers of a nation
- nationalsCitizens of a state
- compatriotsFellow citizens of homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
population · inhabitants · residents · locals · natives · ethnicity · Hutu · Tutsi
African language family
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- SwahiliBantu language of East Africa
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
dialects · fluency · pronunciation · vocabulary · multilingual · mother tongue · speech · communication
Long-established customs passed down
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
weaving · baskets · pottery · craftsmanship · oral history · storytelling · proverbs · customs
Domination through foreign settlement
- independenceFreedom from external control
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
reconciliation · peacekeeping · displacement · repatriation · truth commission · ethnic conflict · liberation · postcolonial
East Africa
Continental region by Indian Ocean
- Great Lakes regionTerritory around five major inland seas
- RwandaEast-Central African nation
- TanzaniaDodoma-capital nation
Congo · landlocked · hills · highlands · agriculture · subsistence farming · coffee · tea · bananas · sorghum
nationality
Legal belonging to country
- citizensMembers of a nation
- nationalsCitizens of a state
- compatriotsFellow citizens of homeland
diaspora · population · inhabitants · residents · locals · natives · ethnicity · Hutu · Tutsi · ancestry
Bantu
African language family
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- SwahiliBantu language of East Africa
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
vernacular · dialects · fluency · pronunciation · vocabulary · multilingual · mother tongue · speech · communication · translation
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
ceremonies · weaving · baskets · pottery · craftsmanship · oral history · storytelling · proverbs · customs · hospitality
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- independenceFreedom from external control
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
genocide · reconciliation · peacekeeping · displacement · repatriation · truth commission · ethnic conflict · liberation · postcolonial · memory