Word: bahutu
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...hands of the clever Kikuyu; and for the majestic (6 ft. 6 in.) but backward Watutsi of Ruanda-Urundi, education and all the talk of one-manone-vote sounds suspiciously like the death knell for four centuries of unchal lenged supremacy over the fast-rising politically conscious Bahutu, who have long been virtual serfs...
...present Ruandan ruler, or Mwami, is Mutara III, a gentle giant standing 6 ft. 10 in. He is one of the high-jumping, dance-loving Batutsi, among the tallest men in the world, who have ruled for 300 years over the average-sized Bahutu (94% of the population) and the elephant-hunting pygmy Bambute...
About 50 years ago the Germans came to Ruanda-Urundi to supervise the way in which the Batutsi ran the Bahutu. After World War I the Belgians proved to everyone's satisfaction that the Germans had done a very poor job of supervising. The Belgians took over...
Last May the Belgian government submitted an account of its stewardship of Ruanda-Urundi to the U.N. Trusteeship Council. The council last week issued its "report on the report," finding much amiss about the way the Belgians directed the Batutsi 5% of the population to rule the Bahutu 94%.* The Russians, who check up on everybody, refused to sign the report. The Russians thought the council was not sufficiently critical of the Belgians...
...fail to go back to their villages demanding soft beds. The successful third go on to five years of technical training with an honor system and soft beds. If they pass they become medical, veterinary and agricultural assistants or tribal chiefs, and are deemed eligible to look after the Bahutu, the Batwas and the long-horned cattle. The Trusteeship Council, however, thought that more natives should be sent to European universities and the people given a vote. The Belgian report to the U.N. got rather personal at one point in its 382-page, statistics-laden report. It said: "The private...