terms cognate to the "Bahutu" of Rwanda and Burundi, and which meant "lords" in the local language (not serfs) because they governed over the Pygmies.

Origins

The Hutu are believed to have first emigrated to the Great Lake region from Central Africa in the great Bantu expansion. Various theories have emerged to explain the purported physical differences between them and their fellow Bantu-speaking neighbors,

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