2. • Definition:
–the deliberate killing of people who
belong to a particular racial, political,
or cultural group.

3. • Rwanda is located in
central/eastern Africa.
• It is made up of 3
different ethnic
groups:
– 84% Hutu
– 15% Tutsi
– 1% Twa

4. • Who?
–Tutsi and
moderate Hutu.
–Perpetrated by Hutu
majority.
• When?
–April 7 to July 15 in
1994.

5. • Traced back to colonial
period of early 20th
century.
• European colonists felt
the Tutsi were racially
superior to the Hutu.
• This led the minority
Tutsi population
controlling the country.

6. • As the 20th century
progressed, the
Hutus began seeking
more freedom and
power.
• This was due to their
overwhelming
majority in the
country.

7. • On April 6, 1994, the airplane carrying the
Rwandan President and the Hutu president
of Burundi was shot down killing everyone
on board.
Hutu extremists
are believed to
responsible for
shooting the
plane down.

8. • April 7, 1994 - the
Hutu militia go house
to house killing Tutsi
and moderate Hutu.
• 1000s die on first day.
• By mid-July, an
estimated 800,000
Rwandans are killed.

9. The following pictures were taken from inside
memorials to the Rwandan Genocide…