African History 1 Flashcards

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Hutu

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Came in year 1000 and were darker skinned.

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Twa

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Original people of Rwanda now only 1% of the population.

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Tutsi

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Came in the 1300s and brought cattle with them.

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Hamitic controversy

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Blacks were the cursed people passed down from Noah’s youngest son.

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Mwami

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A Tutsi king chosen by the gods.

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Kalinga

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A drum made from genitals of their enemies.

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Kigeri IV

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Held off the Europeans then people tried to take over so he got helped from the Germans.

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Mutara II

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Established the present day boundaries.

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Biru

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Council of guardians- holy men of charge super natural affairs.

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Batware

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Council and war chiefs, land chiefs, cattle chiefs, military chiefs.

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German influence

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Germans called Tutsis gods people and Hutus evolved from the earth.

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Belgian influence

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Harsh rulers. Church was reserved for Tutsis. They also received 8 lashes everyday by Tutsis.

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Corvey

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8 lashes given at the beginning of every day by Tutsis.

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Yuhi v

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The last good king. Wouldn’t change to catholisism.

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Mutara III

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Son of Yuhi v and he killed his dad to help the Belgians. And gave race cards and only Tutsis could go to school.

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Impact of WWII

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A lot of countries wanted independence. Rwanda wanted it and Belgium resisted. So they reached out to the Hutus and stabbed the Tutsis in the back.

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MDR democratic republican movement.

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Led by Gregorie kayibanda. Hutus topple Tutsi government.

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Wind of destruction.

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Rwanda was not a stable state. And Tutsi massacres were in place.

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Programs

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State sponsored massacres.

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Juvenal habyarimana

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A military leader that wanted to take over and bring back the golden age. He reached out to French for help.

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National revolutionary movement for development MRND

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Created one political party to try to bring people together.

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Idi Amin

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Very very harsh leader of Uganda who didn’t allow Rwanda refugees.

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Arusha peace accords

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Called for power sharing. Hutus president and Tutsi vp.

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Akazu views

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Main advisors to habiarimana. Military ran and didn’t want to share power. Cause of genocide.

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Rwandan cival war

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Tutsis flowing back into Rwanda and formed the Rwandan patriotic front. British gave help to the Tutsis and French gave help to the Hutus.

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Dark continent

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Africa was not known because it was not explored very much.

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Don boscoe massacure

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2000 Tutsi were massacred at a church after begging the belgiums to shoot them first.

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Operation turquoise

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Safe zones made by the French that were not so safe.

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Clinton apology

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Not really an apology. He blamed everyone else.

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Kofi Annan

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Didn’t intervene with Rwanda genocide because he wanted to be higher in the UN.

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Paul Kagame

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Leader of the Rwandan patriotic front.

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Kibeo incident

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Massacre of Hutus by the RPF

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Interahamwe

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Terrorist Hutus who killed thousands of Tutsis

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Madeleine Albright

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UN ambassadorunder Clinton that refused to help Rwanda.

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Jean kambanda

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Hutu prime minister that allowed all of this to happen.

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Presidential guard

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They were suppose to guard the president but his plane got shot down. Then they took control of the radio stations and bashed the Tutsis.

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Theoneste bagosora

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Leader of the Rwandan army and lead the genocide.

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Kigali

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Capital of Rwanda and were the genocide started.

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Romeo dallaire

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Leader of the UN united that tried to keep peace.

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Philippe gaillard

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Red Cross guy

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Carl Wilkes

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Christian missionary that stayed in Rwanda and saved thousands of lives. And a orphanage.