Rumanura famine explained

The Rumanura famine was a famine that occurred between 1916 and 1918 during the Belgian military occupation of Ruanda-Urundi in World War I when the agricultural cycle of the Mulera region was at its low end and could not provide for the Bugoyi region.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Overview

In 1916, hostilities in the region caused the Belgian and German troops to clash on Bugoyi Plain. During this time, famine broke out and rapidly spread, aggravated by unbalanced rainfalls as well as by feudal coercion. Unlike other famines that had taken place since 1897, the Rumanura famine spread until it eventually covered the whole kingdom.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: John Iliffe (historian)

   . Iliffe . John . John Iliffe (historian) . The African Poor: A History . 1986 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-34877-5 . 157 . en.

2. Book: Gebauer . Claudia . Changing Climates: Translating Adaptation into Rwanda . 2018 . LIT Verlag Münster . 978-3-643-90826-1 . 237 . en.
3. Lugan. Bernard. Bernard Lugan. 1976. Causes et effets de la famine « Rumanura » au Rwanda, 1916–18. Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. 10. 2. 347–356. 10.1080/00083968.1976.10803760. 11631781. 0008-3968.