Burundi

Trawled through the suspiciously written history section of Wikipedia’s Burundi page, so we have some president spam here. Because all quizzers want to have obscure head of states with 14-letter surnames in their core arsenal…

Questions

Succeeding Pierre Nkurunziza after he died in office, who became president of Burundi in 2020? Before his death, Nkurunziza had agreed to step down, endorsing this candidate as his potential successor.

EVARISTE NDAYISHIMIYE

Where is the Livingstone-Stanley Monument, where the two explorers travelled to after their initial meeting at Ujiji? This place lies about 12km south of Bujumbura and overlooks Lake Tanganyika.

MUGERE

What is the largest ethnic group of Burundi, covering around 85% of the population?

HUTU

Which president of Burundi from 1987 to 1993 and de facto military dictator from 1996 to 2003, was responsible for the adoption of a constitution in 1992? He died in France of Covid shortly after being given a life sentence in absentia.

PIERRE BUYOYA

What honorific title found in parts of Central and East Africa means chief or tribal chief in several Bantu languages? It was given to the King of Burundi, who headed a princely aristocracy.

MWAMI

What was the princely aristocracy of Burundi called, ruled by the mwami or king of Burundi? Unlike mwami, this term seems to be specific to Burundi.

GANWA

What was a form of feudalism practised in Rwanda and Burundi in which the populace received royal protection in exchange for tribute and land tenure?

UBUGABIRE

Who was the last king of Burundi, ruling for a matter of months before being deposed in a 1966 coup? On returning to the country in 1972 he was killed, though the exact circumstances of his death are disputed.

NTARE V

Sporting rather distinctive facial hair, which last Prime Minister of Burundi overthrew King Ntare V in 1966 and became the first president of the Burundi Republic until he was himself overthrown in 1976?

MICHEL MICOMBERO

Having been a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival, Burundian singer Khadja Nin married which successful figure from the world of motor racing in 2006?

JACKY ICKX

Burundian singer Khadja Nin performed a duet with Montserrat Caballe in 1997 of which song, the best known version of which was recorded for the album “Atlantic Crossing” and became a huge hit in 1975?

SAILING

Also known as the Slave Trader Revolt, Germany suppressed which insurrection on the coast in modern day Tanzania during 1888 to 1889, which resulted in the German government taking control of Tanganyika from the German East Africa company? This ultimately led to the creation of German East Africa, of which Burundi was a part.

ABUSHIRI REVOLT

Known by a two-word term, which British unit collaborated with the Belgian Force Publique in a 1916 push to capture Tabora from the Germans? This is now a city of over 200,000 in a namesake region of Tanzania.

LAKE FORCE

What was the name of Bujumbura when it was made capital of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi in 1924, with the name change occurring on Burundian independence in 1962?

USUMBURA

The predecessor to Ntare V, who was the king of Burundi at independence, having requested this from Belgium as welll as the dissolution of the Ruanda-Urundi union? He had been in the role of ‘mwami’ since his coronation in 1915.

MWAMBUTSA IV

Prior to Burundian independence which crown prince led the Union for National Progress, or UPRONA, to victory with over 80% of the votes, shortly afterwards being assassinated at the early age of 29?

LOUIS RWAGASORE

The first president of Burundi could have been which Prime Minister, who eight days into his second term was assassinated by a Rwandan Tutsi who was employed by the US Embassy?

PIERRE NGENDANDUMWE

Named for a country to the west of Burundi, what alliterative term has been given to a period from 1960 to 1965 that is seen as a proxy conflict in the Cold War with over 100,000 people thought to have been killed during it?

CONGO CRISIS

Also known as the Ubwicanyi, meaning ‘killings’, what Kirundi word has been used for a 1972 event that has been characterised as a genocide by the Tutsi against elite Hutus that lived in Burundi?

IKIZA

Capital of its namesake province and home to a nature reserve, which city on the banks of Lake Tanganyika was part of a Hutu rebellion that broke out among the gendarmerie in 1972, part of the events that resulted in the First Burgundian Genocide?

RUMONGE

Having a lifespan of little over a week, which secessionist state was declared in the province of Makamba in 1972 on the shores of Lake Tanganyika? It was suppressed by forces of the Tutsi-dominated government led by Michel Micombero.

MARTYAZO

Who led a bloodless coup against Michel Micombero in 1976, retaining power for over 10 years until he was himself ousted in a 1987 coup and forces into exile?

JEAN-BAPTISTE BAGAZA

Who became the first Hutu Burundian head of state in 1993, not lasting until the end of the year before being assassinated with the Burundian Civil War also beginning in that year and lasting until 2005?

MELCHIOR NDADAYE

Which Burundian president was killed in the same aerial disaster that saw the death of Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana?

CYPRIEN NTARYAMIRA

President following the death of Cyprien Ntaryamira, who was deposed in a 1996 coup by Pierre Buyoya? He later went up against Pierre Nkurunziza gor the presidency and during International Book Day 2021 lamented that Burundians didn’t read, callling for the promotion of literature.

SYLVESTRE NTIBANTUNGANYA

Which tenth president of Burundi’s period in charge is sandwiched between the long reigns of Pierre Buyoya and Pierre Nkurunziza, only lasting from 2003 to 2005? He was later accused of plotting a coup but was acquitted.

DOMITIEN NDAYIZEYE