Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
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Kigeli IV Rwabugiri was the king of the Kingdom of Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was among the last Nyiginya kings in a ruling dynasty that had traced its lineage back to Gihanga, who is on
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Diadem of Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
Rwandan genocide
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The Rwandan genocide, also known as the Tutsi genocide, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well a
Kigeli IV Rwabugiri
…century, Rwanda was a unified state with a centralized military structure. Rwabugiri is sometimes attributed for the tactics used by the RPF during the Rwandan genocide to retain unity among Rwandans. Colonial literature has it that the kingdom of Rwanda was originally occupied by a number of Bantu chieftainships which…
Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre
Rwandan genocide memorial in Geneva, Switzerland
Paul Kagame, commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front for most of the Civil War
Juvénal Habyarimana in 1980