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Pierre Baranyanka
Pierre Baranyanka was a Burundian chief and historian. Early life Pierre Baranyanka was born in the late 1800s in the Kilimiro region near Gitega, Kingdom of Burundi. Ethnically, he was a Ganwa of the Tare clan, and a great-grandson of Mwami Ntare IV of Burundi. His father served as a chief in the Vyanda region. German military officers from German East Africa reached Burundi in the 1890s and brought it under their rule by establishing a post at Gitega. They opened a school there for the sons of chiefs, and Baranyanka attended it. He worked as a secretary for Richard Kandt. Baranyanka was still a student at the time of the outbreak of World War I in 1914. At the time of the Belgian offensive into Burundi in 1916, he fled into German-held territory with two Germans and several Burundian associates. He travelled as far as Tabora before settling in Kigoma. During his several months of exile he managed porters and worked as an interpreter for German priests and doctors. He e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitega
Gitega (), formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi. Located in the centre of the country, in the Burundian central plateau roughly east of Bujumbura (the largest city and former political capital), Gitega (the second largest city) was the seat of the Kingdom of Burundi until its abolition in 1966.From 1922 on, Usumbura (now Bujumbura) acted as a second, colonial, administrative and economic capital of the country; it effectively became its only political capital between the abolition of the monarchy in 1966 and January 2019. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economic capital and centre of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move in over three years. Geography Gitega is also the capital of Gitega Province, one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngozi Province
Ngozi Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. The name Ngozi stands for ''blessing''. Communes It is divided administratively into the following communes: * Commune of Busiga * Commune of Gashikanwa * Commune of Kiremba * Commune of Marangara * Commune of Mwumba * Commune of Ngozi * Commune of Nyamurenza * Commune of Ruhororo The commune of Ruhororo is a commune of Ngozi Province in northern Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''Répu ... * Commune of Tangara Provinces of Burundi {{Burundi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Burundian Legislative Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 18 September 1961 in order to install a government to rule the country following independence from Belgium on 1 July 1962. EISA The result was a victory for the , which won over 80% of the vote and 58 of the 64 seats in the . Voter turnout was 75.39%. Results References {{Burundian elections[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Lakes Twa
The Great Lakes Twa, also known as Batwa (singular Mutwa), Abatwa or Ge-Sera, are a Bantu ethnic group native to the African Great Lakes region on the border of Central and East Africa. As an indigenous pygmy people, the Twa are generally assumed to be the oldest surviving population of the Great Lakes region. Current populations of Great Lakes Twa people live in the states of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2000 they numbered approximately 80,000 people, making them a significant minority group in these countries. Apart from anthropological literature, the term "Twa" generally refers to the Twa of the Great Lakes region. There are a number of other Twa populations in the Congo forest, as well as southern Twa populations living in swamps and deserts where there has never been forest, but these are little known in the West. History Traditionally, the Twa have been semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers of the mountain fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Baranyanka
Charles Baranyanka (1935 – 1 August 2021) was a Burundian diplomat and historian. Early life Charles Baranyanka was born in 1935 in Rabiro, Ngozi Province, Ruanda-Urundi. His father, Pierre Baranyanka, was a chief who had close connections with the Belgian colonial administration. Ethnically, he was a Ganwa of the Tare lineage. He attended the Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida before studying political science at the University of Liège from 1958 to 1961. He married a Belgian woman. Career Unlike his brothers, who became leading members of the Christian Democratic Party (''Parti Démocratique Chrétien'', PDC), Baranyanka chose to support the Union for National Progress (''Union pour le Progres National'', UPRONA). After completing his studies in 1961 he became the ''chargé d'affaires'' of Burundi's delegation to the European Economic Community (EEC). The following year he was made Burundi's permanent representative to the EEC. In 1965 Baranyanka was appointed Ambassador to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza
Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza (31 May 1926 – 15 January 1963) was a Burundian politician. A co-founder of the Christian Democratic Party, he served as Minister of Interior of Burundi in 1961. He was later convicted of conspiring to kill Louis Rwagasore, a political opponent, and publicly executed. Early life Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza was born on 31 May 1926 in Irabiro, Burundi. Ethnically, he was Ganwa of the Batare clan, and was a son of Pierre Baranyanka, a paramount chief with close relations to the Belgian colonial administration in Ruanda-Urundi. He was educated at the Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, studying agriculture and administration. Career After completing his studies, Ntidendereza was made chief of Mutabo in 1943. From 1944 to 1960 he served as the chief of Bwambarangwe. In 1950 he accompanied Mwami Mwambutsa IV on his first trip to Europe. In 1954 he was made a member of the Supreme Land Council (''Conseil Supérieur du Pays'', CSP), an advisory body presided over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Biroli
Joseph Biroli-Baranyanka or Joseph Biroli (28 May 1929 – 15 January 1963) was a Burundian politician and was the first Burundian to receive a university education. Born in 1929 to a prominent chief, he was a Ganwa of the Batare clan. He performed well as a student and earned a diploma from the Institut universitaire des Territoires d'Outre-Mer in 1953. After continuing his education at several other universities he took up work for the European Economic Community. In 1960 his brother Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza co-founded the Christian Democratic Party (''Parti Démocratique Chrétien'', PDC), and Biroli became the party's president. His main political rival was Prince Louis Rwagasore, a Ganwa of the Bezi clan who led the Union for National Progress (''Union pour le Progres National'', UPRONA). Biroli was friendly to the Belgian colonial administration in Ruanda-Urundi, while UPRONA demanded immediate independence. In May 1961 Ntidendereza replaced Brioli as PDC president, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Party (Burundi)
The Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti Démocratique Chrétien, PDC) was a political alliance in Burundi. History The PDC was established by brothers Joseph Biroli and Jean-Baptiste Ntidendereza, Jean Ntitendereza shortly before independence after leaving the Union for National Progress (UPRONA).Ellen K. Eggers (2006) ''Historical Dictionary of Burundi'', Scarecrow Press, p. 125. In September 1960 the party joined the Common Front alliance, alongside the Party of the People (Burundi), Party of the People (PP), the Democratic and Rural Party, the People's Emancipation Party, the Murundi People's Voice and several other smaller parties. Local elections in November and December 1960 saw the PDC emerge as the largest party, winning 2,004 seats to UPRONA's 545. However, in the Burundian legislative election, 1961, September 1961 parliamentary elections the Common Front won only six seats, of which the PDC took just two. The alliance was heavily beaten by UPRONA, which won 58 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union For National Progress
The Union for National Progress (french: Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi. It initially emerged as a nationalist united front in opposition to Belgian colonial rule but subsequently became an integral part of the one-party state established by Michel Micombero after 1966. Dominated by members of the Tutsi ethnic group and increasingly intolerant to their Hutu counterparts, UPRONA remained the dominant force in Burundian politics until the latter stages of the Burundian Civil War in 2003. It is currently a minor opposition party. History UPRONA's most famous Prime Minister and Burundian National Hero is Louis Rwagasore (assassinated in 1961). From that time until 1965, the party also had some Hutu support, and three of its Hutu members, including Pierre Ngendandumwe, became Prime Minister of Burundi. The party was taken over by President Michel Micombero in a ''coup d'état'' and became a pillar of the military dictatorships t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Rwagasore
Louis Rwagasore ( rn, Ludoviko Rwagasore, italics=no; 10 January 1932 – 13 October 1961) was a Burundian prince and politician, who served as the second prime minister of Burundi for two weeks, from 28 September 1961 until his assassination on 13 October 1961. Born to the Ganwa family of Burundian Mwami (king) Mwambutsa IV in Belgian-administered Ruanda-Urundi in 1932, Rwagasore was educated in Burundian Catholic schools before attending university in Belgium. After he returned to Burundi in the mid-1950s he founded a series of cooperatives to economically empower native Burundians and build up his base of political support. The Belgian administration took over the venture, and as a result of the affair his national profile increased and he became a leading figure of the anti-colonial movement. He soon thereafter became involved with a nationalist political party, the Union for National Progress (UPRONA). He pushed for Burundian independence from Belgian control, national u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colonial Residents Of Burundi
This article lists the colonial residents of Burundi, during the time when modern-day Burundi was part of German East Africa and Ruanda-Urundi. Overview of office German rule The Germans established the office of Resident of Urundi in 1906. They moved the seat of the residency to Gitega in 1912. Belgian rule After Urundi fell under Belgian control and became part of the League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi, the Belgians placed it under the oversight of a Residency based in Gitega. The office included a resident, assistant resident, and other staff for specialised purposes. This system of administration continued when Ruanda-Urundi became a United Nations trust territory. A significant amount of Belgian colonial policy was carried out by the residency. The office of the Vice Governor-General, based in Usumbura (now Bujumbura), was responsible for overseeing the whole of Ruanda-Urundi. List (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) See also *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutsi
The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic group Hutu and the Pygmy group of the Twa). Historically, the Tutsi were pastoralists and filled the ranks of the warriors' caste. Before 1962, they regulated and controlled Rwandan society, which was composed of Tutsi aristocracy and Hutu commoners, utilizing a clientship structure. They occupied the dominant positions in the sharply stratified society and constituted the ruling class. Origins and classification The definition of "Tutsi" people have changed through time and location. Social structures were not stable throughout Rwanda, even during colonial times under the Belgian rule. The Tutsi aristocracy or elite was distinguished from Tutsi commoners. When the Belgian colonists conducted censuses, they wanted to identify the people t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
