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Nasani-Rwizikuran War
File:Burundi soldiers.png Militamen in (TBC), 1969
Date 6th October, 1968 - 25th March, 1969 5 months, 2 weeks and 5 days Location Nasana Rwizikuru Result Nasani Victory victory Treaty of TBD
Belligerents
Rwizikuru	Nasana
Commanders and leaders
Izibongo Ngonidzashe	TBD
Strength
Rwizikuru TBD soldiers	Nasana TBD soldiers
Casualties and losses
TBD soldiers	TBD soldiers
TBD Rwizikuran civilians killed TBD Nasani civilians killed ton of internally displaced persons and refugees

The Nasani-Rwizikuran War (weRwizi: Hondo pakati peNasana naRwizikuru, Wopoto: b) was a war in Bahia that lasted from 1968 until 1969, over the territory of Yekumavirira which had been under the control of Rwizikuru, that started when Nasana attacked Rwizikuru. At the end of the war, the Purple Line was established along the front lines, and a population exchange took place.

Background

Origins

The area in question, Yekumavirira, had been part of the Wopoto Empire prior to its collapse in 1701. Following the collapse of the area, the expanding veRwizi tribes took control of the area. While they initially tried to coerce people to adopt their traditional religion, by the mid-1750s, the weRwizi converted to the Nasani school of Irfan under the rule of Chief Nyashadzashe Olonga, and thus resulted in the establishment of the Olonga Sultanate.

The Olonga Sultanate lasted until 1853, when Gaullica took the area over, and began instituting policies to promote the Solarian Catholic Church over the Irfanic population. As well, the Gaullicans instituted policies which cracked down on both the Wopoto language and the weRwizi language in favor of Gaullican. Over the next century, Gaullican rule became more influential over the region, but in 1936, with the end of the Great War, Gaullica was forced to give their colony in Yekumavirira to the Estmerish. The Estmerish placed what they deemed "Olongaland" under the jurisdiction of the colony in Rizikuru, and made it a district of the colony, and expelled many of the Gaullicans residing in the territory.

Rwizikuran rule and growing tensions

In 1946, Rwizikuru was granted independence following tensions between the Estmerish colonial authorities and the Rwizikuran National Movement led by Shungudzemwoyo Nhema and Izibongo Ngonidzashe. This included Olongaland, which was quickly renamed back to Yekumavirira by the newly independent government.

Under Samhuri Ngonidzashe's rule from 1946 to 1954, he began instituting policies to "create a consolidated nation-state." To this end, Samhuri Ngonidzashe ordered all schools across Rwizikuru to use the weRwizi language, and to reduce the use of Estmerish in schools in 1948.

This policy was unpopular among the Wopoto people living in Yekumavirira, as they were angered that schools in their communities, which had hiherto been primarily taught in Estmerish and in the Wopoto language would be forced to teach their children "the language of their enemies."

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Events

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Aftermath

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Impact

One of the greatest impacts of the war was the expulsion of Rwizikuran Irfanic people to Nasana, and the expulsion of Nasani Sotirians to Rwizikuru as part of the Treaty of TBD which ended the war between the two countries. As this made no distinctions along ethnic lines, weRwizi who followed the Irfanic faith and who had known no other country, and Sortirian Wopoto found themselves in unfamiliar territories.

Diplomatically, relations have remained frosty between the two sides since the war... (TBC)