RWANDA

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History of Rwanda The colonization of Africa had a severely negative impact

on both the continent and its people. During this time the Westernized nations of Europe began dividing Africa up amongst themselves.

These divisions were made without any consideration of the common culture, history and language shared by different groups of African people. As a result, people of common ethnic groups were separated by national borders and ethnic groups that were fighting each other, were brought under the same government.

History of Rwandao Rwanda was under the control of Belgium after World

War One ended.

o The Belgians separated the people of Rwanda into three groups:

o Hutus (Majority – 85% of population)o Tutsi (Minority)o Twa

o They created a rigid social structure

o Belgians gave Tutsis were given positions of power in government, discriminating against the Hutu.

Tensions rose between the Tutsis and the Hutus

Differences of Race“The Tutsi are 1.90 meters tall. They are slim. They have straight noses, high foreheads, thin lips. They seem distant, reserved, polite and refined. The rest of the population is Hutu...possessing all the characteristics of the Negro: flat noses, thick lips, low foreheads, brachycephalic skulls. They are like children, shy, lazy and usually dirty.” - Belgian Doctor

Can you figure out which one is a Tutsi and which one is a Hutu?

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TUTSI

HUTU

Tragedy Strikes April 1994

Hutus began planning a genocidal attack against the Tutsi.

The Hutu set up roadblocks and checkpoints where they massacred any and all Tutsis and even some moderate Hutus.

The Hutus used many different modes of killing to commit the genocide against the Tutsis.

Machete killing, militias, kill lists, and rape were among these methods.

Genocide lasted 100 Days

1,000,000 killed and 250,000 women raped Hutu Militias

Tragedy Strikes

THINK ABOUT IT ….

There are about 1,000 students at Mepham High School.

In 100 days it would take 10 Mephams per day to add up to 1,000,000 people dead at the rate that this genocide occurred.

Tragedy Strikes

World Response

Time and time again the United Nations ignored warnings from Rwanda.

The U.N. withdrew of most of a U.N. peacekeeping operation (UNAMIR)

Finally after increased reports of genocide, a small force of about 5,000 troops went into Rwanda

According to many, if the world would have intervened sooner, this whole genocide could have been prevented.