#Banyamulenge

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Celebrating Kinyamulenge Translation and Language for Refugees

Kinyamulenge: Preserving the Language of a Resilient Refugee Community The Kinyamulenge language is a linguistic gem spoken by the Banyamulenge people, a minority ethnic group with origins in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This language, which is closely linked to Kinyarwanda, has served as a symbol of tenacity and cultural preservation for a population that has experienced persecution,…

[justiceforsurvivors94]

Rwanda's Staged Refugee Protest - Weaponizing Genocide for Self-Interest

[johnmfashingabo]

#Justice for #Banyamulenge

20th Commemoration of Banyamulenge Massacred in Gatumba 2004

[unbearable-lightness-of-ink]

so anyway I really did start compiling a kinyarwanda/english dictionary/grammar guide out of all the random resources i've been hoarding on my phone (it doesn't have to be great, it just has to be better than searching multiple different files every time I'm looking for some obscure vocab or grammar detail) and one of these resources is some PDF uploaded to the internet archive and it's... not great. from the writing and contents it's clearly

old (my guess is mid-1900s. I don't remember colonial and post-colonial Rwandan history specifically enough to guess well here, but based on some of the typos, it was done on a typewriter and then scanned with OCR)

intended for missionaries (some examples of actual sentences in the "translate this" exercises include "I praise God because He saved me and He gave me peace and joy" and, I shit u not, "The blind man cannot see the Word of God, but he can hear and he can know the love of Jesus." it's. well for one thing this is basically useless vocabulary for me, and also it's cringe af)

written by someone who was not a linguist (at one point instead of just saying "if T is preceded by an unvoiced consonant, it turns into D" they give you a list of every unvoiced consonant and then recommend that you invent a mnemonic phrase to memorise the list?! why?)

written by someone who was shit with pronunciation (legit so many places where they're like "there's no way to describe how this sounds, you just have to ask someone to make the sound for you" my good bitch the phoneme might not be in english but I could describe it just fine. skill issue.)

but the thing that's really killing me about all this is that every time they try to explain tonal vowels or phonemes that aren't in english, they tell you to "ask an African to say it for you."

an. an what now? an African? babe there are approximately 1.5 billion people in Africa. Africa accounts for about 20% of the land on earth, it's the second-biggest continent, and it has an estimated two thousand living languages spoken throughout the continent.

and kinyarwanda? it has maybe 15-25 million native speakers, depending on which source I trust. it's spoken (almost*) exclusively in rwanda, which is the 9th smallest country in Africa--and that roundup includes islands off the coast of the continent. It has the second densest population in Africa but it still only has like 13 million people in it. and it's a very unique language. its closest relatives do not have the same phonemes that kinyarwanda has, and its closest relatives are also spoken by relatively few people. I don't know enough about kirundi to say much but I do know that it doesn't have the same vowel tones in all instances and it doesn't have some of the same consonant clusters. and the more widely spoken related languages that you're more likely to stumble on someone who knows how to speak? they're even worse for a reference; ask someone who speaks kiswahili to pronounce kinyarwanda for you and they will not pronounce the difference between, say, umuceri (rice) and umucyeri (berry), or the tonal difference between words like umusambi (floor mat) and umusambi (crested crane).

so, like. it's just absolutely sending me, this random white lady who was obviously a colonialist missionary, bothering to make a whole language guide to teach me how to proselytise in kinyarwanda, but along the way she's like "just ask an african--any african--how to say this" lady less than 1% of them are going to know this language but go off i guess

*almost because there's the diaspora of rwandan expats and immigrants in other countries plus the banyamulenge which is a whole aspect of it that has so much fraught history on all sides that I won't even try to say something intelligent about it, it's totally not my place/something i'm educated enough about, but to my knowledge most of them speak dialects that are more or less dissimilar to kinyarwanda; kinyamulenge and kinyabwisha are not the same as kinyarwanda. take it from my munyamulenge coworker who could never pronounce the difference between c and cy

[atukaworld]

Le risque d’avoir Dieu pour partie adverse...

Conférence sur l’épuration ethnique et crimes des masses en République Démocratique du Congo : Le Rôle des Etats-Unis, de la Belgique et de l’Union Européenne. Frère, Sont-ce les nilotiques (hema, tutsi et banyamulenge +/-= tutsi ?) qui prennent leur revanche ou quoi ?  Je n’ai aucun dossier en main ; je demanderai à qui de droit si je peux en avoir ; ne serait-ce que les conclusions des…

[reasoningdaily]

From the demise of heroes to the ascent of new kings, myths and legends are as intricate as they are alluring; each society has a unique tale to tell and a unique method of telling it. A legend is based on some truths that are then exaggerated to the point where actual people or events seem "larger than life." A myth, on the other hand, is symbolic storytelling that is not grounded in reality.

The creator Imana, the creator deity in the traditional Banyarwanda and Burundi religions practiced in Rwanda, Burundi, and other related ethnic groups like the Baha in Tanzania and the Banyamulenge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was the sole God of the ancient Banyarwanda and Burundi.

Imana, according to their mythology, was the creator and protector of all Banyarwanda and Burundian people. Imana was revered as being all-powerful and kind. In one of the legends, she broke up a fight with a man who routinely avoided paying back debts by borrowing beans from different people.

Imana was the ruler of all living things, and she granted them immortality by slaying the Death Hunter. Death was a ferocious animal that stood in for death. Everyone was instructed to remain hidden while Imana was hunting so that Death would have no one to kill or seek refuge with. But one day, as he was out hunting, an elderly woman snuck into her vegetable garden and took some food. Death scurried under her skirt and followed her into the house.

She passed away due to death. Three days after the old woman's funeral, her hated daughter-in-law noticed cracks where she had been buried as if the old woman would awaken and come to life. She poured dirt into the crevices, pounded the ground with a large pestle, and yelled, "Stay dead!" She repeated the action when she noticed additional grave cracks two days later. Three days later, she could no longer pound dirt into the cracks. This signalled that there would be no more opportunities for men to live again. Death was now endemic or always present. According to a different legend, Imana punished the woman by allowing Death to cohabitate with a man. "Interfering in the normal course of material nature" is not something Imana does.

The Story of Man's Fall

The good Imana is opposed by the dreaded and lethal Ryangombe. This myth relates to the fall of man. Imana made the heavens and the earth when he was all by himself in the beginning. But unlike the heavens, which were a reflection of it, the earth was not the same and was marked by human suffering. But when Imana first created all living things, including people, animals, and plants, they all remained with him in the heavens, and at first, humans coexisted with Imana and consumed Imana's vegetation. And if someone passed away, Imana would revive them in three days. In those early days, humans were mating, life was prosperous, and nobody died. The fall's narrative starts with a woman by the name of Nyinakigwa. She and her husband were childless, which made her sad. She went to Imana and asked him to help her have a child after giving her situation a lot of thought. He listened to her pleas and decided to give her a child. But there was a catch: in exchange for him giving her a child, she was required to keep the child's origin a secret. As a result, Imana gave birth to three children for her: Nyinabatutsi was a daughter, and Kigwa and Lututsi were sons. Nyinakigwa was content right now, and she and her family were all getting along. She did, however, have a sister who shared the same condition and was unable to conceive. She became envious when she learned that her sister was a parent. She begged her sister to tell her where those kids came from and how she could have kids, and she eventually persuaded Nyinakigwa to divulge the kids' ancestry. She then went to Imana to request that he also give her children. Imana was now enraged with him because he had disobeyed.

Knowing she had broken her promise to Imana, Nyinakigwa turned on her kids and killed them. The sky dramatically opened after she had done this and her children had been destroyed, allowing the children to fall to the earth below, where they lived in great hardship and agony. Nyinakigwa was now overcome with sorrow as she realised that her choice had caused her children to live in a place of extreme suffering. The two women ultimately went to Imana and begged for his pardon. Imana thought about their request and agreed that the children would eventually have gone through enough suffering. He then promised that they would return to him in the heavens at that time.

In a different myth, God and a man, one of his creations, had ongoing conversations. Then, one day, God instructed the man that he was not to sleep on a particular night because God would grant him a long life during that time. The man was unaware that a snake had heard what Imana had said. And despite God's warning, the man did fall asleep that fateful night. The snake spoke in the man's place when Imana approached him with his good word and his promise of a new lease on life. Because God mistook the snake for the man, he informed him that he would die but then come back to life and that he would grow old but still shed his skin. All of his descendants would experience the same thing.

The man awoke and kept waiting for God to speak, but nothing happened. Then he turned to God and questioned him about it. Imana realized at that point that the snake had replaced the man. He acknowledged that what had been done was irreversible but noted that men would now kill snakes. However, both the man and his children would pass away. The snake, however, would lose its skin and reappear.

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Mulenge-RDC: Manifestation Mulenge appartient aux Bafuliiru

Mulenge-RDC: Manifestation Mulenge appartient aux Bafuliiru

Quelque dix mille Bafuliiru, hommes, femmes et enfants, se sont réunis à Mulenge le 3 septembre 2021 pour dénoncer la tricherie des Banyaruanda. Le village de Mulenge appartient aux Bafuliiru. Et la tribu banyamulenge n’existe pas, ont-ils scandé tout au long de leur marche.  

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Burundi: des réfugiés congolais banyamulenge victimes d'une chasse à l'homme?

Burundi: des réfugiés congolais banyamulenge victimes d’une chasse à l’homme?

La communauté des réfugiés congolais banyamulenge, qui se comptent par milliers, se plaint d’être victime d’une véritable chasse à l’homme depuis une dizaine de jours. Le ministère de l’Intérieur et de la Sécurité publique a lancé une véritable campagne contre ceux qui vivent dans des villes alors qu’ils devraient être dans un des cinq camps…

Les Banyamulenge, littéralement « ceux qui viennent…

[kivupress]

La défection du colonel Makanika est due à défaillance des FARDC à rétablir la paix au Sud-Kivu La défection du Col. Makanika n'est qu'une des conséquences de la défaillance de l'armée congolaise à rétablir la paix dans les hauts plateaux de Fizi, Uvira et Mwenga et de l'irresponsabilité de l'État congolais qui a laissé champ libre à l'armée rwandaise et les rebellions burundaises créées et soutenues par le Rwanda pour massacrer les populations et brûler des villages entiers dans ces hauts plateaux.

[sartorialadventure]

Tutsi people

3. Tutsi hairstyle called amasunzu, 1923 5. Tutsi woman, 1957

The Tutsi (/ˈtʊtsi/; Rwanda-Rundi pronunciation: [ɑ.βɑ.tuː.t͡si]), or Abatutsi, are a Bantu speaking, social class or ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. Historically, they were often referred to as the Watutsi, Watusi, Wahuma, Wahima or the Wahinda. The Tutsi form a subgroup of the Banyarwanda and the Barundi people, who reside primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, but with significant populations also found in DR Congo, Tanzania and Uganda.

Tutsis are the second largest population division among the three largest groups in Rwanda and Burundi; the other two being the Hutu (largest) and the Twa (smallest). Small numbers of Hema and Kiga people also live near the Tutsi in Rwanda. The Northern Tutsi who reside in Rwanda are called Ruguru (Banyaruguru), while southern Tutsi who live in Burundi are known as Hima, the Banyamulenge who live in mulenge mountains.

[mupemba]

People in Congo have told you that you look very Muluba? LUCKY! But, what does a Muluba look like? I can never tell. Luba just refers to a variety of people and groups of different origins who share language, culture and political history. Luba identity used to be a lot more fluid before colonialism, it was the Belgians who decided who was and wasn't allowed to be Luba. With ethnic groups like the Mangbetu or Banyamulenge I can tell because their features are very distinct, but with us, I've never been able to.

I've never been told I look Muluba and I'm bitter about that, people only clock when they find out my surname.

@butu-na-moyi

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Early on Wednesday, groups from the Banyamulenge, a Congolese Tutsi community, attacked miners working in the Fizi territory of the South Kivu province, said Kelvin Bwija, coordinator of the Civil Society of Compatriots/Uvira-Fizi.

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Early on Wednesday, groups from the Banyamulenge, a Congolese Tutsi community, attacked miners working in the Fizi territory of the South Kivu province, said Kelvin Bwija, coordinator of the Civil Society of Compatriots/Uvira-Fizi.

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Foot-RDC : Yoane Wissa bileko, fils de JM Wissa bileko et Wissa Weyi Elysée tous les deux originaires du kongo-central. Yoan n'est pas du Rwanda, arrêtez l'infox !!!

Foot-RDC : Yoane Wissa bileko, fils de JM Wissa bileko et Wissa Weyi Elysée tous les deux originaires du kongo-central. Yoan n’est pas du Rwanda, arrêtez l’infox !!!

Contrairement aux rumeurs délibérément biaisées qui circulent sur la toile attribuant la nationalité rwandaise à Yoan Wissa, la rédaction de talents2kin vient rassurer l’opinion face à cette désinformation. Auteur d’une prestation affûtée lors du match aller opposant la RDC et le Maroc, Yoan Wissa n’est pas de la tribu banyamulenge non plus de la nationalité rwandaise. le natif de…

[fizimedia]

*Baraka: Trois soldats meurent et deux autres grièvement blessés dans un affrontement.* Trois soldats du 3407 régiment ont perdu la vie et deux autres ont été grièvement blessés à la suite d'un affrontement entre eux et les militants de la faction Maï-maï Bilozebishambuke qui a été signalé dans la nuit du mardi à mercredi 17/11/2021 sur les montagnes surplombant la ville de baraka. Selon le porte-parole militaire de l'opération sokola II sud sud-kivu, le major Dieudonné Kasereka, ces militaires étaient à la pourchasse des vaches qui ont été pillées à la ferme située sur le quartier Alénga nord, dans la commune de Alùnja. Et pendant la recherche, ils se sont retrouvés accrochés à la carapace de ces éléments armés au niveau du village Tujenge,. Cependant, les fardc ont réussi à récupérer 64 vaches sur une centaine qui a été emportée. Et ces éléments ont disparu avec d'autres. Par ailleurs, avant de quitter la ferme, ces éléments du groupe armé Bilozebishambuke ont laissé tué trois autres vaches. De même,Il est rapporté que les bétails appartiennent aux éleveurs de la tribu Banyamulenge, comme l'a expliqué le porte-parole de l'armée. Fizimedia.com (à Fizi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWaFi-SrvCs/?utm_medium=tumblr