1. IAFS 1000 Conflict and Conflict Resolution: Rwanda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCKbVS4vvGc

2. Rwandan Genocide (1994) 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu murdered by Hutu extremists 3 million refugees http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda.html

3. http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_namibia.html German South West Africa (Namibia)

4. Herero Genocide (1904-07) German South West Africa (now Namibia) 1904-1907 –Herero uprising –German response

5. 1948 Convention on Prevention & Punishment of Genocide GGenocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.”

6. Impact of Herero Genocide Herero population: –1905: 80,000 –1911: 15,000

7. Pre-Colonial Rwanda Tutsi king Rwabugiri (1860 - 1895) — favored Tutsi — helped create “ethnic” differences

8. Colonial Rwanda (German) 1890: German control —indirect rule through King Musinga —1914: ◦ 5 German civil servants ◦ 96 Germans total —“Racial” differences between Tutsi, Hutu, & Twa —Tutsis as “near-Caucasians”

9. Colonial Rwanda (Belgian with French influence) 1916: Belgian control 1919: League of Nations mandate French influence 1920s: increased state control —formalized ubuhake contracts

10. Colonial Rwanda (Belgian with French influence) 1933: identity cards Influence of Catholic church Results: –freezing of Rwandan society –increased ethnic divisions

11. Decolonization 1959-61: Hutu revolution 1962: independence —Hutu-led government —Tutsi refugees

12. Independent Rwanda Strong center Ideas of ethnic difference Culture of fear Late 1980s: economic downturn www.cbm.org.uk/rwanda.htm

13. Independent Rwanda 1990: civil war Oct 1993: Hutu president of Burundi assassinated by Tutsi soldiers — communal violence — Rwandan peace talks — UN peacekeepers www.cbm.org.uk/rwanda.htm

14. Independent Rwanda Media incitement of violence 6 Apr 1994: crash of place carrying Pres. Habyarimana [pron. HA-bya-ray-MA-na] www.cbm.org.uk/rwanda.htm

15. The Genocide President Habyarimana (Hutu) shot down 6 Apr 1994 Waves of killing: –Opposition politicians, including Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana –Dissenting Hutus –Tutsi Late June: French unilateral intervention