In Rwanda, is there any physical trait that can tell if a person is a Hutu or a Tutsi? I’m asking this in order to understand how the government and militias were able to identify the Tutsi during 1994 Genocide. Was it possible for a Tutsi to pretend being from an other ethnic group? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In Rwanda, is there any physical trait that can tell if a person is a Hutu or a Tutsi? I’m asking this in order to understand how the government and militias were able to identify the Tutsi during 1994 Genocide. Was it possible for a Tutsi to pretend being from an other ethnic group?

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