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The Extension of Royal Power to the North
During the months when the Court was beginning its attacks on clients of the Europeans in central Rwanda, Fathers at the northern mission of Rwaza had been experiencing growing difficulties…
The Missionaries, the Court, and the Local community, 1904-1910
Inkehwe ikubitirwa mukwayo. In the struggle for power at the Court, Kabare could argue that although Ruhinankiko had mustered European support at critical junctures, he had not managed to restrain…
Marriage And The Family In Ancient Rwanda
I. Marriage The family, the social group characterized by common residence, economic co-operation, and reproduction had in Ruanda a conjugal basis that we shall consider in this section. Married life…
The Eruption Of Vilence
In the historical data we have noted the success with which the peripheral areas had withstood the attempted incursion of the traditional power structure of central Rwanda up to the…
The Conflict Arose At The End Of 1959
In the the following, we have set out to establish correlations between changes in the principles of social organisation in the traditional Rwanda social system, the impact of new opportunities…
The Nyabingi Cult
In the Northern peripheral areas we do not find the Ryangombe cult but the Nyabingi cult. Gravel mentions that the Nyabingi cult spread from the North to Gisaka in the…
The Ryangombe Cult And His Myth
Cult of the dead was not restricted to these spirits called bazimu. At a different level we find the Ryangombe cult in Central Rwanda, and the Nyabingi cult in the…
The Religious Complex And The Cult Of The Dead
The Rwandan traditional systemrequires the complex of religious, magico-religious beliefs and practices. This is for two reasons. In the first place they are related to the pattern of social relationships…
The Development Of The Ubuhake System
So far we have been analysing the ubuhake system and we have indicated some of the effects of the changes that took place during the colonial period so as to…
The Clientage System, “Ubuhake”
In the beginning of this chapter we have already introduced the institution of clientage called ubuhake, denoting the relationship between garagu (client.) and shebuja (patron). This relationship was initiated by…