And the people who commit them

GENOCIDE

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMAINS

The systematic mass killing of a specific

group of people based on ethnicity, race,

religion, culture, etc.

The killing off of one group of people by

other groups of people.

WHAT IS GENOCIDE?

MASS GRAVES ARE COMMON SIGHTS

WHERE GENOCIDE TAKES PLACE

Tribes and ethnic groups kill each other off for

revenge and for power.

Treated poorly by tribes/groups in power during

colonization

Religious groups feud with each other for control

of territory

WHAT ARE CAUSES OF GENOCIDE

IN AFRICA?

YOUNG GIRL DYING OF STARVATION

FOLLOWING DESTRUCTION OF HER

FAMILY AND TOWN

Majority should rule

Many different African tribes in the same area, usually the

largest tribe would rule over the others.

Largest tribe would also be able to fight strongly against European

colonizers.

Europeans sent representatives to make treaties, smaller tribes would sign

treaties to get power and rule over former tribal leaders.

Opportunities for revenge for hundreds of years of oppression and slavery

Created a system where the smaller tribes ruled over the

bigger ones, European armies enforced their rule.

HOW DID COLONIZATION UPSET THE

BALANCE OF POWER IN AFRICA?

Rwanda Genocide

Colonization ends, European

armies leave Africa.

Africans hold elections and

votes

Majority tribes gain power,

seek revenge on the ones who

ruled before.

Mass murdering

800,000-1 million dead in a

month

Uganda Genocide

Colonization ends, the Ugandan

General takes power

Eliminates all rivals with mass

murders to secure himself in

power.

Idi Amin (another general) gets a

larger army with funds from

Europe, overthrows government,

puts himself in charge, eliminates

all rivals.

Cycle goes on and on.

HOW DID THE END OF

COLONIZATION LEAD TO GENOCIDE?

MACHETE WOUNDS FROM A

SURVIVOR OF THE RWANDA

GENOCIDE

BEGINNINGS OF A MASS GRAVE

IN UGANDA (IDI AMIN)

A RIVAL OF IDI AMIN IN UGANDA

BEING CHECKED FOR VITAL SIGNS

AFTER THE EXECUTION.