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RAWANDA WAS A BELGIAN COLONY. WHILE UNDER THE BEGIUMS THE POWER WAS GIVEN TO THE LIGHTER SKINNED NEGRO,S AND THE DARKER PEOPLE WERE OPPRESSED.I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE 2 GROUPS. FINALLY WHEN THE BEGIUMS GAVE RAWANDA INDEPENDANCE THE DARKER COLORED PEOPLE BEGAN SLAUGHTERING THE LIGHTER COLORED PEOPLE.

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Hutu(the majority around 80% of the total population) and Tutsis(the minority)

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