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Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor

Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor. If there is one thing sure in this world, it is certainly this: that it will not happen to us a second time. Humanity. What is it? Who has it? Where was it in Rwanda?. Definition. the quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence. RWANDA. Size.

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Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor

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  1. Primo Levi, Auschwitz survivor If there is one thing sure in this world, it is certainly this: that it will not happen to us a second time.

  2. Humanity What is it? Who has it? Where was it in Rwanda?

  3. Definition the quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence

  4. RWANDA

  5. Size slightly smaller than Maryland

  6. CLIMATE / TERRAIN • temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains w/ frost & snow possible • mostly grassy uplands & hills; relief is mountainous w/ altitude declining from west to east

  7. Pg. 20 description

  8. INDEPENDANCE 1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)

  9. Pg.23 History of obeying

  10. FIGHT FOR FREEDOM • In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king.

  11. FIGHT CONTIUES • thousands of Tutsis were killed • some 150,000 were driven into exile in neighboring countries • children of these exiles later formed a rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) • RPF began a civil war in 1990

  12. Rwanda’s Genocide • 1990’s: Ethnic conflict between the Hutu & Tutsi leads to genocide • Hutu tried to completely wipe out the Tutsi • History of the conflict: • Until A.D. 1600 Rwanda/Burundi region occupied by Hutu • 1994: Hutu presidents of R/B killed • Hutu’s suspect Tutsi’s and begin mass killing

  13. Economy • poor rural country with about 90% of the population engaged in (mainly subsistence) agriculture • landlocked with few natural resources & minimal industry • Primary foreign exchange earners are coffee & tea

  14. Virunga Mountains Mountain gorillas / Diane Fossey / Poaching

  15. Hazards/Issues • deforestation (uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel) • Overgrazing • soil exhaustion & soil erosion • widespread poaching • periodic droughts • Volcano • AIDS

  16. arable land: 45.56%

  17. Life Expectancy: 47 years

  18. Ethnic Groups Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%

  19. Pg.47, 50 Ethnic divisions

  20. Religion • Roman Catholic 56.5% • Protestant 26% • Adventist 11.1% • Muslim 4.6% • indigenous beliefs 0.1% • none 1.7%

  21. Language • Kinyarwanda (official) • universal Bantu vernacular • French (official) • English (official) • Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers

  22. MILITARY Rwandan Defense Forces: Army, Air Force Iterahamwe “those who attack together” (Hutu)

  23. FLEE • April 1994: genocide of roughly 800,000 Tutsis & moderate Hutus • Tutsi rebels defeated the Hutu regime & ended the killing in July 1994 • approximately 2 million Hutu refugees - many fearing Tutsi retribution - fled

  24. Refugees • 57,000 reside in 21 African states • Zambia &Gabon • 20,000 fled to Burundi in 2005 & 2006 to escape drought & recriminations courts investigating 1994 massacres

  25. Denouncing Evil Is a far cry from doing good (170)

  26. Inside • Teachers killed students • Doctors killed patients • Priest killed followers • Families took children from neighbors to protect them • Widowers took neighbors wives to protect them • Some joined mob to prevent being killed

  27. Common Tool for Genocide

  28. What was the US doing? Pg.151-154 & 269

  29. Rwandans believe God visits other countries by day, but every night he returns to rest in Rwanda.

  30. Movie scenes • Pg.115 they come to Paul’s house • Pg.127 keeping military from killing at hotel • Pg.132 fax machine • Pg.133 outside hotel • Pg.141 doing what’s right • Pg.142 first escape atempt

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