Introduction to genocide in Africa for 7th grade

1. And the people who commit them
GENOCIDE

2. ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMAINS

3. 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?

4. MASS GRAVES ARE COMMON SIGHTS
WHERE GENOCIDE TAKES PLACE

5. 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?

6. YOUNG GIRL DYING OF STARVATION
FOLLOWING DESTRUCTION OF HER
FAMILY AND TOWN

7. 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?

8. 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?

10. MACHETE WOUNDS FROM A
SURVIVOR OF THE RWANDA
GENOCIDE

11. BEGINNINGS OF A MASS GRAVE
IN UGANDA (IDI AMIN)

12. A RIVAL OF IDI AMIN IN UGANDA
BEING CHECKED FOR VITAL SIGNS
AFTER THE EXECUTION.