Considered a Tutsi , in 1960 he and his family fled to Uganda and settled in a refugee camp in Nshungerezi , Ankole following the Hutu Revolution of 1959 and the ouster of King Kigeri V .
Rwigema was born in Gitarama , in the south of Rwanda .
Considered a Tutsi , in 1960 Rwigema and Rwigema 's family fled to Uganda and settled in a refugee camp in Nshungerezi , Ankole following the Hutu Revolution of 1959 and the ouster of King Kigeri V .
Rwigema was born in Gitarama , in the south of Rwanda .