Ruanda-Urundi
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Ruanda-Urundi, later Rwanda-Burundi, was a mandate and later trust territory ruled by Belgium between 1916 and 1962.
A Belgian Congo stamp overprinted for the Belgian Occupied East African Territories in 1916
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Wisdom at Butare (formerly Astrida) in Ruanda. Catholicism expanded rapidly under the Belgian mandate.
Ruandan labour migrants at the Kisanga copper mine in Katanga (Belgian Congo) in c. 1930
Monument in Bujumbura commemorating Burundi's independence on 1 July 1962
Kingdom of Burundi
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The Kingdom of Burundi, also known as Kingdom of Urundi, was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Republic of Burundi. The Ganwa monarchs ruled over both Hutus and Tutsis. Created in the 16th century, th
Ruanda-Urundi
…aftermath of World War II and the dissolution of the League. In 1962, Ruanda-Urundi became the two independent states of Rwanda and Burundi. Ruanda and Urundi were two separate kingdoms in the Great Lakes region before the Scramble for Africa. In 1897, the German Empire established a presence in Rwanda with…
1963 stamp commemorating Louis Rwagasore
The traditional royal enclosure of Mwambutsa IV of Burundi, penultimate mwami