2. One million dead in 100 days…How could this happen???

3. I. The African Divide- pg 1
Rwandans shared a common culture and had an organized government structure before colonists arrived.
Rwanda originally given to Germany but after WWI Belgium gained control

4. II. Racial Classification and Colonialism – pg 2
Belgian and German colonists divided the people of Rwanda into 3 different classifications: HUTU, TUTSI and TWA
Belgians thought the Tutsis were a superior people because they were more “white”. The Hutus were considered ignorant peasants

5. III. Discrimination and Colonialism Leads to Tensions- pg 3
Hutus made up 85% of population
they were denied higher education, land ownership and positions in the government
Rwandans had to carry identity cards (introduced by the Belgians in 1933)

6. IV.Independence and Hutu Rule pg 4
Belgians began to leave Rwanda in late 1950s
over 30,000 Tutsis killed as political power shifts to Hutu
10,000 Tutsis flee to Uganda and Congo
After independence, the Hutus gained power and oppressed the Tutsis using the same racial classification that was used against them.
Hutus established the MRND: National Revolutionary Movement for Development

7. V. 100 days of Genocide pg 5
The genocide was planned and carried out through orchestrated public opinion campaigns using radio, television, newspapers and other hate propaganda.
April 3, 1994 Hutu President Habyarimana’s plane shot down (secretly by Hutu leaders). Hutus blame it on Tutsi rebels.
The genocide begins within 30 minutes of the news – “CUT THE TALL TREES”
It was the duty of every Hutu to exterminate the “cockroaches”(Tutsi).
Outcomes
1 million Tutsi dead in 100 days

9. Weapon of choice

10. Whole families were exterminated
babies, old people, children,
women are massacred in the
most atrocious conditions often
cut with machete or knife, or blown
apart by grenades or burned or
buried alive.

11. Leave none to
tell the story…

14. Among peacekeepers were ten soldiers who were captured by the Hutus,
tortured and murdered. As a result, the US, France, Belgium, and Italy
all began evacuating their own personnel from Rwanda. THERE WAS NO
EFFORT TO EVACUATE TUTSI CIVILIANS…THEY WERE LEFT TO BE
SLAUGHTERED

15. MASSACRE

17. Burying the dead

19. The scars
and victims

20. The scars