Rwanda Overview

Slide 1: Rwanda A Story of Genocide

Slide 2: Background • Small African nation • Two ethnic groups lived in Rwanda: Hutus and Tutsis • Generally lived peacefully until the Europeans came

Slide 3: Background Hutus • Majority - 80% • Migrated from southern Africa • General found themselves as laborers and farmers

Slide 4: Background Tutsis • Minority - 20% • Migrated from Northern Africa (Egypt) • General found themselves as the elite and political rulers

Slide 5: Background • German colony until 1918 (end of WWI) • Belgium took it over • Put Tutsis in charge • Handed out “ethnic identity cards” • Education only open to Tutsis • Hutus could only be laborers or low level workers

Slide 6: Independence • Once Belgiu