Group 7
Malia Echavaria
I’iwileo Paccaro
Marissa Sembrano
 Knowing and understanding both sides helps find
fundamental issue of Rwanda
 Although Hutus were the main perpetrators in the
1994 Rwandan genocide, there were underlying facts
that pushed participation in genocide rather than
solely racial tensions
 History of Rwanda & Its people
 Understanding the Hutus’ Story During the Genocide
 Present Perspective of & Relationship Between Hutus &
Tutsis
 Pre-Belgium Colonial times
 Work between the two was
efficient
 Good relationship 
intermarriage
 Belgium Colonial Times
 Introduced new technology in
war craft
 Sparked racial tensions with
favoritism of Tutsis over Hutus
 Asserted independence
 Claimed as a “Hutu nation”
 1962 Independence of Rwanda
•League of Nations granted
Rwanda as a Belgium territory
•Belgium officer with the
Mwami or “king,” a Tutsi
•Estates were part of the Tutsi
hierarchy
•Characterized by many cattle
•Belgium used Tutsi hierarchy
to administer control
 Massacre of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus
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Every Hutu must know that the Tutsi woman, wherever she may be, is working for the Tutsi ethnic cause. In
consequence, any Hutu is a traitor who:
- Acquires a Tutsi wife;
- Acquires a Tutsi concubine;
- Acquires a Tutsi secretary or protégée.
Every Hutu must know that our Hutu daughters are more worthy and more conscientious as women, as wives and as
mothers. Aren’t they lovely, excellent secretaries, and more honest!
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All Hutus must know that all Tutsis are dishonest in business. Their only goal is ethnic superiority. We have learned
this by experience from experience. In consequence, any Hutu is a traitor who:
- Forms a business alliance with a Tutsi
- Invests his own funds or public funds in a Tutsi enterprise
- Borrows money from or loans money to a Tutsi
- Grants favors to Tutsis
Strategic positions such as politics, administration, economics, the military and security must be restricted to the
Hutu.
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Hutu women, be vigilant and make sure that your husbands, brothers and sons see reason.
A Hutu majority must prevail throughout the educational system (pupils, scholars, teachers).
The Rwandan Army must be exclusively Hutu. The war of October 1990 has taught us that. No soldier may marry a
Tutsi woman.
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Hutu must stop taking pity on the Tutsi.
Hutu wherever they be must stand united, in solidarity, and concerned with the fate of their Hutu brothers. Hutu
within and without Rwanda must constantly search for friends and allies to the Hutu Cause, beginning with their
Bantu brothers.
Hutu must constantly counter Tutsi propaganda.
Hutu must stand firm and vigilant against their common enemy: the Tutsi.
The Social Revolution of 1959, the Referendum of 1961 and the Hutu Ideology must be taught to Hutu of every age.
Every Hutu must spread the word wherever he goes. Any Hutu who persecutes his brother Hutu for spreading and
teaching this ideology is a traitor.
 “Taken Over by Satan”
 Paul Rusesabagina &
Compartmentalizing
 Machete Season: Loyalty
to the Hutus
 interviews reveal other
reasons than hate
 National Unity and
Reconciliation Commission
 Ingandos
 Abakangurambaga
 Reconciliation clubs
 The Antelope’s Strategy:
Living in Rwanda after the
Genocide
 Interviews with Hutus &
Tutsis about reconciliation
 Reveals real peace can come
if they give reconciliation a
chance
During Genocide
After Genocide
 Racial tensions traced back to colonial times
 Hatred was the main fuel for genocide but there is a deeper side
to Hutus’ story
 Scars left by genocide too deep to ignore
 Hutu extremist ideas still being carried out in Congo
 Even thought peace was established in Rwanda, the decision to
move forward lies in the hands of the Hutus and the Tutsis
 It is their decision to see each other as equal people
 Remember there is a human side to the Hutus
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