1. Intro to Hotel Rwanda: Roots of the Rwandan Genocide
AP Human Geography
Political Organization of Space Unit

2. For today, 01/03/17 Welcome back, scholars! Pick up all handouts
Quietly begin working on “Imperialism in Africa”
European claims in Africa, 1914

3. Superimposed boundary
Berlin Conference
Superimposed boundary

5. Rwanda
Rwanda = 26,338 square kilometers Maryland = 25,142 square kilometers

6. The Rwandan Genocide Approximately 100 days in April-July, 1994
800,000 – 1,000,000 more murdered (no records kept)
= 10,000 per day, 400 per hour, 7 per minute, 350 this class period
Massacre sites, many deaths from machetes

7. Valentina’s Story
After reading “Valentina’s Story” write out the questions and answers to the questions below.
(1.) What happened to Valentina and her family? (2.) How did Valentina survive? (3.) In what ways were people being murdered at the church in Nyarubuye? (4.) What happened to Valentina after the genocide? (5.) What happened to one of the killers she knew, Bagaruka?