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of 1994. About 30% of the Twa population of Rwanda died in the violence.

One of the reasons why the Twa were looked at unfavorably was because they ate sheep, which was taboo to both Tutsi and Hutus. After all, sheep skin was used to carry babies on women's backs and sheep were believed to keep herds of cattle calm.

In Rwanda, there was a belief that sleeping with a Twa woman could cure an acute backache. Tutsis and Hutus suffering from backache would find Twa women to sleep with. Children born

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