Transcript RWANDA - Pirates

RWANDA
ENTER
Augugliaro/ Patten/ Kempton
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 Rwanda
o 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
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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.