- The
Nyiginya or
Banyiginya were a
royal Tutsi clan in pre-colonial Rwanda. They
ruled the
Kingdom of
Rwanda until 28
January 1961, when
Kigeli V Ndahindurwa...
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Rwanda Leon
Delmas Vansina, Jan. 2004.
Antecedents to
Modern Rwanda : The
Nyiginya Kingdom.
Africa and the Diaspora. Madison, Wis.:
University of Wisconsin...
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peasants while the kings,
known as Mwami, were
exclusively Tutsis of the
Nyiginya clan.
There was, equally,
considerable intermingling Between the Hutu,...
- D. For example, some
archaeological research has been
focusing on the
Nyiginya Kingdom,
which is the pre-colonial
predecessor of the
current Rwandan state...
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establishing the
ancient Kingdom of Rwanda.
Gihanga descended from a line of
Nyiginya headed by
Kigwa and
introduced foundational elements of the
African Great...
- present-day Rwanda. One of these, the
Kingdom of
Rwanda ruled by the
Tutsi Nyiginya clan,
became increasingly dominant from the mid-eighteenth century. The...
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Kingdom of
Rwanda in the mid-nineteenth century. He was
among the last
Nyiginya kings in a
ruling dynasty that had
traced their lineage back four centuries...
- into
around eight kingdoms. The
Kingdom of Rwanda,
ruled by the
Tutsi Nyiginya clan,
became the
dominant kingdom from the mid-eighteenth century, expanding...
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According to Alex Kagame,
Ndoli was one of the most
renowned kings of the
Nyiginya Dynasty. Group,
Umurage Wacu. "Ibintu 22
byerekeye Umwami Ruganzu II Ndoli"...
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Rwandan queen,
Rosalie Gicanda, that is from the
Hebera branch of the
royal Nyiginya clan. At the time of Kagame's birth,
Rwanda was a
United Nations Trust...
