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Rwanda. History. Called Ruanda-Urundi Ethnic make up 85% Hutu 14% Tutsi 1% Twa Lived in peace under a Tutsi King Intermarriages were common Spoke the same language Lived side by side. Europeans move in. Germany first controlled the region Lost the area after World War I - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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History
• Called Ruanda-Urundi• Ethnic make up
– 85% Hutu– 14% Tutsi– 1% Twa
• Lived in peace under a Tutsi King• Intermarriages were common• Spoke the same language• Lived side by side
Europeans move in
• Germany first controlled the region– Lost the area after World War I
• Belgium controlled area in 1916• Singled out the Tutsi to act as their proxy
– Collected taxes– Enforced Belgium laws
• Gave the Tutsi the belief that they were superior
• Hatred between the Hutus and Tutsi begins
Independence
• 1962 Rwanda was granted independence
• It was decided to abolish a Tutsi monarch and establish a republic
• Tutsi from Burundi began a guerrilla invasion
• Struggle for power
• Hutus threw a murderous uprising created a majority controlled republic
Bloodshed
• UN backs a campaign to secure power sharing
• Hutu extremist conceive a plan to rid the country of all Tutsi– Play on historical fears of a return to a Tutsi
monarch
• Competition for land between farms (Hutu) and cattle herds (Tutsi)
The Genocide begins
• assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana (Hutu) on April 6th,1994
• perpetrated by two Hutu militias– The Interahamwe
• “those who stand together”
– the Impuzamugambi • “those who have a single goal”
– Over the course of approximately 100 days 800,000 people were killed
The Genocide Ends
• the Tutsi refugees (Rwandese Patriotic Front) conquered the whole country
• Two problems the country now faces– To bring the refugees back– To try the 81,000 Hutu who are imprisoned
• Many did participate in the murders
Cast
• Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina • Sophie Okonedo as Tatiana Rusesabagina • Nick Nolte as Colonel Oliver (based on Roméo Dallaire). • Fana Mokoena as General Augustin Bizimungu • Cara Seymour as Madame Pat Archer • Joaquin Phoenix as journalist Jack Daglish • Jean Reno as Sabena Airlines President Mr. Tillens • Desmond Dube as Dube • Hakeem Kae-Kazim as George Rutaganda
Plot
• Paul (Hutu) is a manger at the manager of Sabena Hotel des Mille Collines
• His wife Tatiana is a Tutsi• George Rutaganda is a
supplier to the hotel who also is the local leader of Interahamwe
• On the night the genocide • Paul negotiates with the
Hutu Army for the safety of his family and friends
• Brings them to the hotel• UN Colonel Oliver is
unable to stop the genocide– “we are here only as peace
keepers not peace makers”
Lt GeneralRomeo Dallaire
• Paul turns to Rwandan Army General, Augustin Bizimungu often times for help– The general is suppose to
be stopping the genocide– But the army is really
helping the Interahamwe
Bizimungu