2. The Origins of Hutu and Tutsi

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments: Decolonizing Area Studies xi
5. Introduction: Thinking about Genocide 1
6. 1. Defining the Crisis of Postcolonial Citizenship: Settler and Native as Political Identities 19
7. 2. The Origins of Hutu and Tutsi 41
8. 3. The Racialization of the Hutu/Tutsi Difference under Colonialism 76
9. 4. The “Social Revolution” of 1959 103
10. 5. The Second Republic: Redefining Tutsi from Race to Ethnicity 132
11. 6. The Politics of Indigeneity in Uganda: Background to the RPF Invasion 159
12. 7. The Civil War and the Genocide 185
13. 8. Tutsi Power in Rwanda and the Citizenship Crisis in Eastern Congo 234
14. Conclusion. Political Reform after Genocide 264
15. Notes 283
16. Bibliography 343
17. Index 357