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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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GENOCIDE IN RWANDA

MARYANN SMITH & BECCA WILLENBRINK
Photo by WiLPrZ
2.

BACKGROUND

  • Two groups: Hutu & Tutsi
  • Conquered by Belgium
  • Independence in 1962
3.

BEGINNING OF GENOCIDE

  • 1963-killings of Tutsi
  • 1973-new leader
  • Economic failure
  • Environmental crisis
Photo by IRRI Images
4.

HUTU EXTREMISTS

  • End of Tutsi rule
  • Habyarimana killed
  • Government overthrown
  • Started genocide
Photo by horizontal.integration
5.

REASONS FOR GENOCIDE

  • Ethnic hatred
  • Population vs. resources
6.

ESCALATING VIOLENCE

  • Violence among youth
  • Population + starvation = crime
  • Malthusian Crisis
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THE VICTIMS

  • Fathers
  • "Troublemakers"
  • Young men and children
  • Malnourished people
  • Rwanda's total population
8.

LOOKING BACK

  • Advanced farming
  • Population control
  • Ethnic unrest

Becca Willenbrink