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What did Mr. Decker miss?

What did Mr. Decker miss?. Causes of GENOCIDE. Difficult social conditions intense economic problems intense political conflict this can be conflict between dominant groups and subordinate ones that are poor and have limited rights very great and rapid social changes. Hutu

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What did Mr. Decker miss?

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  1. What did Mr. Decker miss?

  2. Causes of GENOCIDE • Difficult social conditions • intense economic problems • intense political conflict • this can be conflict between dominant groups and subordinate ones that are poor and have limited rights • very great and rapid social changes

  3. Hutu 85% of Population Under colonial rule: serfs/ peasants After independence: Hutu’s wanted power back Took power 200,000 Tutsi’s fled Rwanda 1994 After plane crash of Hutu leaders, Hutus begin to commit killings of Tutsis Tutsi 15% of population Under colonial rule: Upper class After independence: Tried to keep power 800,000 massacred Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) Tutsi militia group Ended the genocide Hutu/ Tutsi Conflict

  4. RWANDA • Hutus are the ______________ • Tutsi are the ______________ • The European power that imperialized Rwanda is ________ • Independence was gained in 1961 • Hutus took power • 200,000 Tutsi’s fled Rwanda • Tutsi’s formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) • a militia group Paul Kagame

  5. Origins of APARTHEID(separateness) • 1910: Britain granted South Africa self-rule • 1948: Nationalist Party • Dutch background • white farmers • Legalizes Apartheid • legal, rigid separation o/t races • Afrikaans: new language that combines Dutch & Bantu • Population: • Whites: 16% • Blacks: 70% • Mixed ethnicity: 11% • Asians: 3% (Mainly Indians) why??

  6. Apartheid Laws • Pass Laws: • ID • where you can travel or work • tax payments • carried at all times • shown upon demand • separated families • legal segregation • White’s controlled: • 4/5s of total land • fertile farmlands • abundant raw materials

  7. Steps Toward Change • 1989: Pres. F.W. deKlerk lifted ban on Apartheid opposition groups • last white president of S.A. • Early 1990s: new constitution enacted • 1994: elections held • Nelson Mandela becomes first black president of South Africa

  8. Nelson Mandela w/ wife, Winnie F.W. deKlerk Shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

  9. 1990 Population: Whites: 16% Blacks: 70% Mixed ethnicity: 11% Indian: 3% Welfare State 1996 2009 3 mil 12.5 mil Seen as a huge positive due to decrease in poverty 2009 Population: Whites: 9% Blacks: 80% Mix: 9% Indian: 2.6% Households w/ access to electricity & fresh water: 1996 2009 53% 80% South Africa’s Demographic Shifts The Economist:: 4/18/09 pg. 24

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