Hunde people

The Hunde people also (BaHunde, MuHunde(plural), Kobi, Rukobi) are descendants of Bantu people primarily inhabiting the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many live in the Masisi Territory, Rutshuru Territory and Walikale Territory, where they make the majority and Indigenous population. Some Bahunde also live in Rwanda and southwestern Uganda, due to conflicts and economic migrations. They number approximately 950,000 and speak the Hunde language.^[1]

Hunde

BaHunde (Kobi, Rukobi)
Total population
over 1 million
Regions with significant populations
North Kivu DRC, South Kivu DRC, Western Uganda
Languages
Kihunde, Kiswahili
Religion
Bantu spirituality, Christianity, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Shi, Havu, Nyanga, Tembo, Nande, Toro, Kiga and other Bantu people

Among the massive capture of Bantu speaking people, many of the Bahunde were captured and sold during the Arab slavery of Africans, many more were also captured by the Portuguese and shipped during the transatlantic slavery, and with the coming of the European coloniser, the Bahunde Kingdom was reduced to chiefdoms and forced to convert to Christianity and Islam after a decade of resistance and resilience. The Bahunde have been in conflict with the Banyarwanda of Rwanda many times long before independence, in particular with the Tutsi; a Bantu tribe with cushitic or nilotic ancestry in Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, many Bantu kingdoms in this region.