Bafumbira

Bafumbira
Kisoro District
Total population
713,231[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Uganda
Languages
Rufumbira, English
Religion
Christianity and Islam
Related ethnic groups
Banyarwanda, Barundi and Other Rwanda-Rundi speakers


PersonMufumbira
PeopleBafumbira
Language(U)Rufumbira
CountryBufumbira
Batwa children - Kisoro, Uganda.

The Bafumbira (ethnonym: Bafumbira; singular Mufumbira), are a Bantu ethnic group from Kisoro District in South Western Uganda. They are of three indigenous groups: Bahutu, Batutsi and Batwa.[2][3]

  1. ^ "2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census – Main Report" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ Mahmood, Mamdani (2014). When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda. Princeton University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9781400851720. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ Jeremy M. Weinstein; James Habyarimana; Macartan Humphreys; Daniel N. Posner (2009). Coethnicity: Diversity and the Dilemmas of Collective Action. Russell Sage Foundation. p. 148. ISBN 9781610446389. Retrieved 27 January 2015.