![]() ![]() More than three decades of fighting have resulted in the death of an estimated 250,000 Burundians and the displacement of more than 800,000 mostly Hutu men, women and children.īurundi, located in the heart of central Africa, is an overcrowded, rugged, mountainous country where eking out an existence has never been easy it is also a land steeped in tradition and courtly ritual. Neighboring countries have sought to lessen ethnic hostility through sanctions and peace accords, with little success. ![]() The 1990s brought Burundi’s first democratic elections and two successive but equally brief Hutu presidencies, each of which ended in tragedy, inciting a civil war between the Tutsi-controlled army and Hutu rebels that continues still. Soon after, despite the new leader’s attempts to quell ethnic tensions through reforms and power-sharing arrangements, renewed ethnic fighting led to the death of some 20,000 Hutu. Since this album’s initial release in 1974, Burundi’s first post-colonial president was deposed by a fellow Tutsi officer, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who was in turn overthrown by another Tutsi officer, Major Pierre Buyoya in 1987. The text has not been edited to reflect changes in general cultural perceptions or specific factual information that may have occurred since then. ![]() In order to provide a historical context for this recording, the liner notes that accompanied its original release have been reprinted in full below. ![]()
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