Rwandan Genocide By: Caity Oleson, Markella Ho, Brenda Rodriguez, and Cierra Robinson.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Causes of the Rwandan Genocide Of  Once, Hutus and Tutsis lived in harmony in Central Africa. About 600 years ago, Tutsis, a tall, warrior.

Advertisements

Genocide in Rwanda.

 Long History of ethnic tension ◦ Hutus (majority) ◦ Tutsis (minority)  Belgians arrive in early 1900s ◦ Began requiring ID cards ◦ Consider Tutsis.

Rwanda Non West Background HUTUs Majority – 80% Migrated from southern Africa General: Found themselves as laborers and farmers TUTSIS Minority.

Rwandan Genocide / Genocide in Darfur (Sudan).

ImperialismImperialism Leopold and the Division of Hutus and Tutsi’s  Hutu’s and Tutsi’s are the two major ethnic groups of the Congo  Belgians gave.

Timeline of Rwandan History and the Genocide Murambi Genocide Memorial Site.

Rwanda Canada’s Peacekeeping Failure 5Ws (Background)

The Rwandan Genocide 1994.

HUTU & TUTSI. Rwanda What’s going on? Background information  When German explorers first came to Rwanda they observed in the royal court a ruling class,

Jamir La'Velle Hopson.

Genocide in Rwanda After the Holocaust, we made a promise to the victims to never allow this to happen again- NEVER AGAIN So what happened?

Rwandan Genocide. Genocide Genocide is the mass killing of a group of people as defined by Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment.

The Rwandan Genocide.

Rwanda Genocide of Land of a thousand hills © Concord International Travel Bureau Ltd., 2000 Magic Safaris™ is a Trade Mark of Concord International.

WELCOME BACK! Sit down QUICKLY! We have a lot to cover in a short amount of time so we can watch our movie!!!

Unit VIII: Genocide Objective: #4 Topic: Rwandan Genocide

Rwanda. Statistics about Rwanda Approximate size of Maryland Approximate size of Maryland Religion: Christian 93.5% Religion: Christian 93.5% Life expectancy:

Rwanda. Conflict in East Africa By 1970’s most of East Africa had gained independence from European countries. East African nations not prepared for independence.

HISTORY OF Ethnic Tension IN RWANDA. Rwanda The hatred and anger has grown between the MAJORITY Hutus and MINORITY Tutsis since the colonial period.

April July  Belgium colonized Rwanda in the 1800s.

Crisis: Rwanda, 1994 Your Name ______________________________

Group 5: Merina Cashe Kasey Fernandez Jamie Nishimoto.

I. Genocide in Rwanda. 1994: Hutus (86%) committed a genocide against the Tutsis (14%) Genocide:  deliberate, systematic killing of a group of people.

Rwandan & Darfur Women Stefanie Debiasi Nichole Rego Jardine Sison.

Chapter 8 – Living with the Legacies of Historical Globalization Social Studies 10.

Group 5: Merina Cashe Kasey Fernandez Jamie Nishimoto.

ca/ stm Rwanda's 100 days of genocide.

IAFS 1000 Conflict and Conflict Resolution: Rwanda

GENOCIDE IN RWANDA. RWANDA’S HISTORY  Former colony of Belgium 1916 – 1962 Belgians considered Tutsis superior  Rwanda Gained independence in 1962 

"There is a saying in Rwanda that Rwandans must swallow their tears. They do. If they did not, they would surely drown."

Rwanda Timeline to Genocide – At the Berlin Conference of European Powers, Germany is given control of the area that includes Rwanda – At.

UN Peacekeeping Josh Hombrebueno.  Before the 1960’s, Rwanda was ruled by the country of Belgium  The Belgians favoured the ethnic group known as the.

YEAR 10 ENGLISH FILM TEXT: TERM

Rwanda Hutus & Tutsis. Rwanda Belgium imperialized Rwanda Belgians divided people into two groups Hutus (80%) = farmers, shorter Tutsis (19%) = herders,

The Rwandan Genocide Background Information RWANDA GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM BELGIUM IN RWANDA GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM BELGIUM IN OFFICIAL.

Rwanda Genocide Rolando Torres 1-2A 5/19/15.

Lauren Kane & Maggie Gavin

Genocide Is any act of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

The Rwandan Genocide Daniela Aguero & Nnenna Ezera.

Ethnic Conflict in Rwanda By Matt, Ani, Austin. Maps.

The Hutus and Tutsis A History of Disputes and Claims.

Forced Migration Rwanda. Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days The genocide was sparked by.

Rwanda Genocide By: Ryan Kreber and Luke Bartolomei.

Genocide Between April and June of 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans, from the group known as Tutsis, were killed in the span of 100 days.

Genocide in Africa Sudan and Rwanda.

The Rwandan Genocide.

Rwanda Genocide Mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda (1994) by the Hutu

The Rwandan Genocide.

Genocide in Rwanda 1994.

Background on the Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide 100 Days of Slaughter April 6, 1994-July 18, 1994

Rwanda To what extent have attempts to respond to the legacies of historical globalization been effective?

The Rwandan Genocide 1994.

Ethnic Cleansing and African Genocide

Holocaust Memorial Day 2014

"There is a saying in Rwanda that Rwandans must swallow their tears

The Rwandan Genocide 1994.

One million dead in 100 days…How could this happen???

The Rwandan Genocide 1994.

The Rwandan Genocide 1994.

Rwandan Genocide.

A timeline leading up to 1994 genocide

Presentation transcript:

Rwandan Genocide By: Caity Oleson, Markella Ho, Brenda Rodriguez, and Cierra Robinson

Hutu and Tutsi Live in Rwanda and Burundi Ethnic tension- Belgian routes Hutu beat Tutsi in civil war Genocide discussed before hand

Colonial history German Occupation Favored Tutsis for their fairer skin and taller composure Believed that Hutus were there to serve Tutsis Hutu Tutsi

Colonial history Belgian Occupation Replaced Hutu chiefs with Tutsis

President Juvenal Habyarimana’s Assassination April 6,1994 Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot down and he was killed

Juvenal Habyarimana Former President of Rwanda Plane shot down April 6 th, 1994 Aristocratic Hutu family Became army’s general “Ousted” the president before him

Revenge Hutus blamed Tutsis for president’s death Presidential guards kill political leaders

Paul Kagame Blamed for the crash Current Rwandan pres. Leader of Tutsi Thinks Hutus did it in order to wipe out the Tutsi

The beginning Soon after an order of slaughter was issued for more than 30,000 people.

Five days= 40,000 murdered Within hours Hutu gunmen began killing Tutsis and moderate Hutus-in the next five days they had killed at least 40,000 people

Foreigners leave April 9 th : America, France, and Belgium removed their citizens

The next 100 days 800,000 people killed

"The most horrible and systematic human massacre we have had occasion to witness since the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis." -Bertrand Russell

Genocide Killed regardless of age, sex, etc. Killed many political figures War rape; many Tutsi women harassed

Today Fighting continues between Tutsis and Hutus

United Nations People blame UN for not stopping the genocide

Population Decreased population to that of 1986

Orphans Thousands of children were orphaned

Bibliography " 1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down'." BBC News. 6 Oct African News. 7 Oct Boddy-Evans, Alistair. "Quotes: Rwandan Genocide." About: African History. 5 Oct "Congo: No fighting role for Rwandan forces." MSNBC. 22 Jan Oct Jones, Adam. "Case Study: Genocide in Rwanda, 1994." Gendercide. 6 Oct "Rwanda Civil War." Global Security. 7 Oct

Bibliography (continued) "Rwanda Orphans." I Love Parks. 7 Oct "Rwanda Population." Nation By Nation. 5 Oct "Rwanda: How the genocide happened." BBC News. 6 Oct "Timeline." PBS. 1 Apr Oct "Timeline: 100 days of genocide." BBC News. 6 Apr Sep "UN Events." UN. 7 Oct War Crimes. 7 Oct