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Burundi. By:Mike Robinson. Facts about Burundi…. Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world!!! The original inhabitants of Burundi were the Twa , a Pygmy people who now make up only 1% of the population. Burundi any in 1884, and by Belgium from 1919.
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Burundi By:Mike Robinson
Facts about Burundi… • Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world!!! • The original inhabitants of Burundi were the Twa, a Pygmy people who now make up only 1% of the population. • Burundi any in 1884, and by Belgium from 1919. • Burundi gained its independence in 1962. • There are currently was once known as Urundi. It was controlled by Germ6,695,000 people living there. • Burundi is famous for Its athletic and acrobatics…
One Place You Have To Visit… • “Saga beach” • beach along Lake Tanganyika • It is thought to be one of the best beaches in all of East Africa.
Another Place You Have to visit.. ‘’La Pierre de Livingstone et Stanley ’’ • This is a large rock, about three miles south of Bujumbura. • This place Allegedly marks the spot where the New York reporter Henry Morton Stanley met the missionary and explorer David Livingstone and uttered the words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
Another Place You Have to visit.. • Rusizi National Park • Animals of all kinds, including hippos, antelope, and monkeys, roam this park. • best known as the place where Gustave, the world’s largest man-eating Nile crocodile, can often be found.
Foods They Eat … • Beans, cabbage, sweet potatoes, tubers, • Sorghum beer and urwarwa (banana beer) are the two traditional drinks of the Burundi people.
The Wildlife Of Burundi • there Are many different kinds of wildlife. elephants, leopards, crocodiles ,etc.
Extra Credit !!!!!!!!! • MwamiNtare I Rushatsi (c.1500), a warrior and astute administrator, succeeded in unifying the country under Tutsi rule.
Websites used: • Google.com • Google.com/images • Famous burundians - Burundihttp://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Burundi-FAMOUS-BURUNDIANS.html#ixzz1qFCse1xk • Wiki.