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The Bahunde People
The Bahunde people are a Bantu people primarily inhabiting the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They believed to have come from the north, some Bahunde today also live in Rwanda and southwestern Uganda due to their powerful conquest, the Bahunde empire resisted colonialism, the Batusi and other outside attacks due to their well known Mai-Mai movement claiming to be a given devine power from their creator in protection of their territory. They were the most victim of the first and the second Congo wars and have been the most wiped out, their case is often overlooked by the international community due to the impact of the Tutsis around these areas, and the political war on their wealthy land, today they number approximately 200,000 people only and speak the Kihunde language(a Bantu language).[1]

The Bahunde have been in conflict with the Banyarwanda of Rwanda way before colonialists, in particular with the Tutsi due to the land matters.[2]

References Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 585. ISBN 9780195337709. Turner, Thomas (2010-01-01). "Conflict in North Kivu in the nineties". The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781848135031.

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