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  • 2 - Early Belgian Colonialism

  • Filip Reyntjens, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium
  • Book:
    Modern Rwanda
    Published online:
    14 November 2024
    Print publication:
    21 November 2024, pp 32-51

  • Summary

    The imposition of ‘civilising measures’ in the context of a policy of indirect rule included reinforcing the position of the king while at the same time weakening and eventually destroying his symbolic power base. This led to a dramatic shift of authority, as did the imposition of central rule to the entire country and the introduction of a uniform and ‘rational’ administration, even where the kingdom had no historical presence or legitimacy. Together with this extension of the central kingdom’s reach, the spreading of the Tutsi political monopoly, while Hutu had held political office in the past, greatly contributed to Hutu resentment.