Genocide in Rwanda

By Sam Irving

Can you think of a time when you saw someone being mistreated and you just stood by and watched?

Is it your responsibility to stand up to injustice?

Essential Question

What is genocide and how did it begin in Rwanda?

GenocideAny of the following acts

committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnical, or religious group, as such:– Killing members of the group;– Causing serious bodily or mental harm to

members of the group;– Deliberately inflicting on the group

conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or part;

– Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

– Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Imperialism in AfricaEuropeans and divided and

claimed Africa for themselves in 1884.–Did not consider culture, history, or

language.–Split ethnic groups and forced

enemies together.–These divisions mostly remain.

Colonial Africa 1914

Africa Today

Rwandan HistoryAll people shared a common

culture.Belgian colonists divided

Rwandans into “racial” groups, Hutu and Tutsi.–Tutsis were given power and Hutus

were discriminated against. Why would they want to divide the

Rwandans?

Determining Tutsi vs. Hutu

Genocide in RwandaMajority Hutus took power after

gaining independence from Belgium in 1962.–Resented Tutsi privilege

Many Tutsi emigrated and formed militias abroad.

Hutu president was assassinated in 1994 & Hutus began killing Tutsi.

800,000 Tutsi killed in 100 days.400,000 Tutsi women raped.

Key Groups Interahamwe: Hutu militiasRwandan Patriot Front (R.P.F.):

Tutsi militia from abroad.United Nation (U.N.) Troops:

Peacekeepers with no power.

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