Word: batutsi
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...While much of her early work was marked by a distinct realist style, as she aged, her work became increasingly abstract. With this in mind, “Watusi”—whose name stems from the 60s era song-and-dance craze, as well as the Batutsi tribe of Rwanda—can thus be read to be as much a product of Thomas’ lament at having been denied opportunities in the arts as it is a veiled protest of art historians’ negligence in noting the extent to which African art influenced Matisse...
...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...
...Belgians have also called attention to the fact that the Batutsi are probably the world's greatest high jumpers, regularly clearing 8 ft. 5 in. from a takeoff mound a foot high, making a net jump of 7 ft. 5 in. (this year's Olympic winner jumped 6 ft. 6 in.-see SPORT...