Mia Martin AFR 123-01, Dr. Teresa A. Booker

Since the beginning of time, ƒ Before the Rwandan ƒ The killings finally ended Hutus and Tutsis have not gotten Genocide, 14% of the when Tutsi rebels defeated along. When Belgium ruled population consisted of Tutsis. the Hutus and ended the Rwanda, Hutus felt that they After the genocide, almost genocide in July 1994. being the dominate race should 75% of the Tutsi population ƒ After the Rwandan Patriotic be in charge. Hutus felt that they were killed off. Front (RPF) took over, the were treated like peasants by remaining Hutus fled Rwanda the Tutsi population, therefore to seek shelter into the starting this life long feud. On neighboring countries to April 6th, 1994 the Rwandan avoid future consequences President’s airplane was shot from the Tutsis. down by the Hutu extremists. ƒ In 2012, International During the film, Hotel Rwanda, Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda the Hutus code name to begin completed 35 trials and the genocide was, “cut the Tall convicted 29 people. Many Trees.” This was the start of the were charged with war 100 day genocide that lasted crimes, crimes against from April until the middle of humanity, rape, and the act of July. genocide. ƒ There are 8 stages in a genocide. The Hutus classified the Tutsis into ƒ From April 1994 to July 1994 “us and them.” They were ƒ Barnett, M. (2002). Eyewitness to approximately 800,000 Tutsis deemed as outcasts. They a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwandans were killed. also created a symbol for and Rwanda. Ithaca, NY: Cornell ƒ The genocide was carried out them and called them University Press. by Hutu militia groups, the “cockroaches” and “Tall ƒ Destexhe, A. (1994). Rwanda and Genocide in the Twentieth Rwandan Army, and Rwandan Trees.” They equated them to insects and pests. The Hutus Century. New York, NY: New York civilians who supported the University Press. “Hutu Power” movement. prepared by organizing groups to destroy and kill ƒ Fujii, L. A. (2009). Killing ƒ United Nation sent Neighbors: Webs of Violence in them. After they finished peacekeepers to stabilize the Rwanda. Ithaca, NY: Cornell chaos in Rwanda. They helped exterminating most of them, University Press. move Rwandans to refugee many denied being part of ƒ Melvern, L. (2004). Conspiracy to camps and protected not only the genocide. Murder: The Rwandan genocide. the Tutsis, but those who New York, NY: Verso Publications. would not conform to “Hutu ƒ Straus, S. (2006). The Order of Power”. Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

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