Simbizi Wa Semavumba🇧🇮

Burundi has never been Rwanda. Burundi is not Rwanda, and Burundi will never be Rwanda. The obsession some Rwandans have with Burundi is unhealthy and increasingly concerning. Rwandans need to understand that the reason their kingdom was never able to conquer Burundi bwa Nyaburunga is that Abarundi have never shared the same culture, history, traditions, or way of life n’ Abanyarwanda. Geographically, Burundi bwa Nyaburunga, located approximately 160 km from Rwanda rwa Gasabo, So how was Burundi part of a small kingdom situated in the heart of what is present-day Rwanda. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Did the Kingdom of Rwanda attempt kurandara in Burundi bwa Nyaburunga? Yes. But those attempts failed miserably. Uko kurandara ntikwakunze mu gihe cya basokuru; uko kurandaransa ntikuzakunda no muri iki gihe. Abasokuru b'Abanyarwanda never understood the spirit of UMURUNDI, and judging by the attitudes of some of their descendants, it seems that the generations after them remain equally confused about the Burundian spirit. It is unfortunate that aba basaza nk'aba bakomeje kuyovya urwaruka rw'Abanyarwanda, feeding them narratives that distort history rather than helping them understand it. Burundi has its own identity, history, culture, and heritage. That identity is not up for negotiation, appropriation, or erasure.

They have a museum in Kigali displaying decapitated heads in glass freezers. Whenever they want to threaten a high-ranking official, they take that person there and say, “Look, this is the head of so-and-so…”