The Rwandan Genocide'You have to kill the Tutsis, they're cockroaches.''All those who are listening, rise so we can fight for our Rwanda. Fight with the weapons you have at your disposal: those who have arrows, with arrows, those who have spears, with spears. We must all fight.''We must all fight the Tutsis. We must finish with them, exterminate them, sweep them from the whole country. There must be no refuge for them.''They must be exterminated. There is no other way.'

OVERVIEW

The HistoryEconomic OverviewPolitical OverviewSocial OverviewConclusions

History & Ethnic Background

84% of Rwanda’s population is composed by the Hutu ethnic group. Tutsis arrived from Somalia and they make 15% of the population.

Both ethnic groups cohabited peacefully over 600 years.

Tutsis were land owners and Hutus worked the land cohabitating.

CLASS CONCIOUSNESS The colonists chose the Tutsis as

their medium to handle the rest of the population

The Hutus began to feel oppressed by the Tutsi’s ‘superiority’

The Hutus began their rebellion in 1956 and by 1959 they had already seized power

CIVIL REBELLION AND CHANGE The Rwandan

Patriotic Front (RPF) is formed by the Tutsis

In 1962 Rwanda becomes independent and a Hutu government rises.

Civil war takes place between 1990-1993

In 1994 genocide begins.

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

Economic Factors to Genocide Food production stalled 1985 2000 kilocalories to 1500 between

1984 – 91. Smaller lands - more rivalry and

conflicts

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

GDP Industry 21 % Services 38 % Agricultural 41 % (which employs 90

% of the population)

GDP Growth 7 % per year

RECOMMENDATIONS

Paul Kegame and his interest to develop Rwanda with ideas from Asia.

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Success story

POLITICAL OVERVIEW

Presidential republic- Paul Kegame

The Rwandese patriotic front (93.08%)

Laws prohibiting discrimination

Problems faced in prisons

Re-integrations of 2 million refugees

POLITICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Power sharing The government should

promote reconciliation Trials should be quicker Re- integration programs Nation building Securing the individual No foreign interventions

SOCIAL OVERVIEW

Victims of genocide

Victims of rape

Children of rape

SOCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Educating the community Educating children from

primary school Building more memorials Building centers for rape

children and mothers Psychological help Healthcare support Recovering the pre-colonial

national identity

CONCLUSIONS

This is not an ethnic conflict but it is a social construct.

Continuation of Paul Kegame’s program

Securitization of the individual

Education programs for the community

Psychological help Healthcare support

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