Imperialism in Rwanda:
Background information:
Genocide is the deliberate
and systematic destruction,
in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or
national group. 1948 United Nations Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(CPPCG). Article 2, of this convention defines genocide as
"any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy,
in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious
group, as such: killing members of the group; causing
serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life,
calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole
or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births
within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the
group to another group
Peacekeeping: In 1957 Pearson came up with the idea that
people should stand in between two nations in war to stop
them from killing each other. He was subsequently
awarded the Nobel peace prize for “saving the world”.
Assignment:
Use the following sources to establish the long and short
term causes of the Rwandan genocide:
Timelines:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14093322
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/rwanda/etc/cron.html
http://history1900s.about.com/od/rwandangenocide/a/Rwanda-Genocide-Timeline.htm
Rwanda: The Failure of Humanity
Part I: Roots of Conflict:
Q1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rwanda
How do feudalism, imperialism, and Darwinism help create the conflict?
Part II: Genocide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/
Read the warning that Dallaire sent the UN, the interview section, the 100 days
chronology and how the Somalia debacle contributed to the problem
Q2.
How this is case study showing the failure of the UN.
Q3.
How does this case study show the ignorance of a self serving community
of nations (not the same as Q 1)?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/’
Read the interviews and the analysis
Q4.
From analysis - In your perspective, “Could this happen again”?
Part III: Rwanda Today
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rw.html
Q5.
What economic indicators show a nation that remains incredibly poor?
Part IV: Conclusions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/
See Rwanda Today and also use
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/rwanindx.htm
Q6
What is happening to those who
perpretarted the war crimes?
Q7
How has the Rwandan tragedy been
repeated in the Sudan?
Recommended: Shake Hands With the Devil:
Romeo Dellaire
Additional Sources: Shake Hands with the Devil
Use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide,
http://www.whitepinepictures.com/dallairesite/relatedlinks.htm for
a greater diversity of information
Another good source is http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm
Youtube also offers a number of further reports, including
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jNHEOqFIn8 which is worth
watching