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Causes of The Rwandan Genocide - Coggle Diagram
Causes of The Rwandan Genocide
Socio-economic Causes
Global Market Fluctuations
Prices of Coffee plummeted in 1989 worldwide
Population Density
1978 census- Almost at 5 million people
Tutsi accounted for 10%
Majority living in poverty
800 inhabitants per square kilometer
highest in Africa
Birth Rate Increased Rapidly
Women averaging 6 children each
Life expectancy in the Low 50s
"the genocidal violence of the spring of 1994 can be partly attributed to the population density" Gerard Prumier
competition for resources/lack of them
Over reliance on one crop
Major Cash Crap was coffee
Accounted for over 75% of Country's exports
Profit Heavily dependent on world prices outside of local control
Land Shortage
One of the smallest countries in the world
10k square miles/26 thousand square kilometers
Rwanda is a country of natural wonders
"The Land Of a Thousand Hills"
Dense mountain forest, savanna grasslands
lies in the Great Rift Valley
Loss Of Political Power
RPF
Attacked from Uganda in 1990
Habrayimana cligue didnt see them as a serious threat
Build them up as a danger to stir up national sentiment
wanted to exploit the Hutu Ideology that Tutsi were Inyenzi(cockroach)
supporters were ibyitso (accomplices of the enemy)
Effectively any Hutu against Habyarimana
"Hutu Extremism was essentially a useful tool by which the corrupt elite could hold onto power" Keane
Governing Hutus wanted to retain control
Habrayimana was losing popularity amongst Rwandans
Appealed the unfair treatment of the Hutu Majority during colonial period
capitalized on a racist ideology
Government was able to manipulate the masses and stay in control
Roots in the colonial past
International community
Action and inaction before and during the genocide
France
Financial, diplomatic and political support
Ethnic divisions created by colonial powers