Banyamulenge

English

Noun

Banyamulenge (plural Banyamulenge)

1. A member of an ethnically Tutsi ethno-cultural group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
   • 2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 60:

     The controversy surrounding the Banyamulenge focuses on when they arrived in the Congo.

   • 2013 February 26, Marishka Van Steenbergen, The Guardian:

     The government's current guidance on the DRC states that if an applicant is of Banyamulenge origin, a grant of asylum is likely to be appropriate because they are in a vulnerable and insecure position and face persecution throughout DRC.