Imagine an ancient historian, 3000 years from now, who is trying to make sense of African history during our present lifetimes on the strength of meagre and brittle sources.
And she comes up with this radical reinterpretation where the Hutus of Rwanda and the Houthis of Yemen *were not*, as has been assumed for centuries, the same group, and the conflicts they were involved in *were not* related.
#history
Martin Rundkvist
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