Insight

“WHAT the Belgians did in the first years of their colonisation”, the father said, “was to systematically support the Bahutu in their relationship with the traditional authority, establishing a new centre of power in the country, and in so doing, displeasing the German authority which favoured respect for the tradition. You must take note of the fact that King Yuhi V had, right from the start, stubbornly and ferociously resisted the Whiteman’s civilisation, especially Christianity.