1. 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?

2. Vocabulary
Tribalism- Feelings of loyalty to individual tribes, and the cause of much war and strife in modern Africa.
Genocide= Ethnic cleansing

3. Key People
Hutu
Tutsi
President Habyarimana- Hutu; President of Rwanda; assassinated in April 1994
The Interhamwe Militia- Hutu radicals
Paul Rusesabagina- Manager of the Milles Colline Hotel in Rwanda; saved over 2,000 innocent people from certain death

4. Long-term Causes
Conquest, Divine Right Monarchy, and Feudalism by the Tutsis over the Hutu
European Imperialism and Social Darwinism Tribalism
Belgians colonized the Congo in the 1800’s; they took over Rwanda after WWI. They separated the Hutu and Tutsi iand recorded notes on skin tone, height, and width of a person’s nose. The Hutu who were dark-skinned, short, or had a wide nose, were considered inferior by the Belgians and sent to work in the fields and mines; the Hutu were light-skinned…and were given government jobs and made to oversee the work of those who had darker skin resentment and hatred set in Hutus would gain power after independence in the 1960’s plot revenge

5. Immediate Cause
Assassination of Rwandan President Habyarimana by Hutu radicals ( the Interhamwe) blamed it on Tutsis

6. Facts
The genocide began in April 1994 and lasted for over three months.
Over 800,000 people were killed in 100 days, a rate faster than the Holocaust
The US and its allies pulled all troops out because they had recently been defeated and embarrassed in Somalia
The perpetrators of the genocide targeted children to wipe out the next generation
The Interhamwe used state run media to instruct the killers where to go and who to kill

8. Immediate Effects
Tutsi Rebel Army seized control of government and instituted a totalitarian government to prevent more violence. Ironic?
The UN is currently prosecuting the leaders of the Interhamwe and the Rwandan military for “crimes against humanity”.

9. Long-Term Effects/ Connections to Today
Rwanda today is relatively peaceful, but tribalism remains a concern as Hutus and Tutsis war with each in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo