Marilyn Silverstone - RUANDA-BURUNDI

RUANDA-BURUNDI - In the early morning mist a refugee woman returns home carrying a pot of water on her head, near Nyamata.There is a large Watutse refugee camp in this region, the Watutsis in Rwanda are victim of the Belgian backed Bahutu 'uprising' where houses were burned and cattle killed.The Watutusis having been the ruling clan and were getting too 'independent' for Belgian purposes.There are 8000 refugees in this and another camp, 12.000 fled over into the Congo. - Marilyn Silverstone

In the early morning mist a refugee woman returns home carrying a pot of water on her head, near Nyamata.There is a large Watutse refugee camp in this region, t...

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