The most prominent figure in the movement was Grégoire Kayibanda, editor of the pro-Hutu Catholic magazine "Kinyamateka", and leader of the "Mouvement Social Muhutu" (MSM), one of several Hutu political parties founded in the 1950s.
The most prominent figure in the movement was Grégoire Kayibanda, a Hutu who had trained for the priesthood before becoming a school teacher. Kayibanda was chief editor of "Kinyamateka", a Catholic magazine promoting the Hutu cause, and later formed the "Mouvement Social Muhutu" (MSM), one of several Hutu political parties founded in the 1950s.