Physical stereotyping took place too. People came along with instruments to measure nose length and width. A report from the recent war describes it as 'a war between the tall and the short people'. In 1958 a very pro-Hutu party called Parmehutu was created with the help of the colonialists. Tutsis and pro-independence Hutus were killed and the first wave of refugees left.
Reporters say there have been generations of hatred between the two, which is totally wrong.
I saw it start in 1959. From then to the present day there have been many conflicts. After independence in 1962 a communal kind of government was set up. And every time there were massacres. I remember going for Christmas holidays from my school in December 1963.