Rwanda-CN-fa09

__**Rwanda**__**​**


 *  Rwanda was the last part of Africa to be reached by the Europeans in the expansion in the 19th century. There are two main tribes in Rwanda. The Tutsi, very tall tribal people, and the Hutu. The Tutsi took over the Hutu people and gained power over them. A man named Rwabuguri came to power in 1860 and took over an area of land about the size of Rwanda and took over the Tutsi and Hutu people. He had a feudal basis asystem; the Tutsi were the aristocracy, and the Hutu were their vassels. The Tutsi are uperclass and herdsmen and the Hutu were under class and farmers. A German named Count Von Gotzen, moves in after the king dies and takes over the land and some land to the south for the Kaiser and he calls this part of land Ruanda-Urundi. All of the land was one big colony. The Europeans defeated the Germans and took over in 1914. Belgians then move in after conquering the Germans. In 1924 the League of Nations granted the Belgians the rule of the colony. The Belgians then make a similar class system. Hutu are to do work and the Tutsi supervised them. Each person was given a card to identify if they were Tutsi or Hutu. The Belgians wanted to gain independence quickly. Tutsi political activists beat up a Hutu in 1959 and sparked the movement of the Hutu out of Ruanda. The Tutsi and Hutu settled their differences and made a party for the elections and won by a landslide for power in Ruanda. In 1962 Rwanda finally gained independence. Soon after the spelling was changed from Ruanda to Rwanda. Rwandan leaders changed the government and became a republic. Grégoire Kayibanda was the first elected president in Rwanda. He was then kicked off the throne by a a group of officers lead by Juvénal Habyarimana. He changed Rwanda to a dictatorship and was very violent. He started to recruit Hutu people for miltias. Then Hutu extremists bombed a plane with the president in it and many Hutu and Tutsi started fighting. Thus starting genocide. **

__**Political changes**__ The Government was very anti-Tutsi at this point. The new President's guard was ordered to kill some political leaders of the Tutsi. They were also told to kill many of the Tutsi people. Many broadcasters in Rwanda informed people of a day where they were to kill Tutsi people and drive them out of Rwanda. Many Hutu were forced by the army to kill some of their Tutsi neighbors. They then issued a clean up day where people were to clean the streets of any dead bodies that were left. The government tried to come to an agreement with the UN to cease fire because some UN soldiers were killed, but that did not happen.

Much of foreign aid was cut off because other countries were afraid of starting another war of Genocide. Also the rate of crime in Rwanda flew through the roof. The government also had to reform and a lot of trade was gone which left many people without resources. Childrens education suffered because many of the schools were destroyed and thousands of kids were not able to get an education.
 * __Economic changes__**

Many of the Tutsi were forced out of the country which allowed the Hutu to climb higher in the social class, thus having racial balance. Exports from many countries stopped comming in and many people suffered. Also eventually the Presidential army exiled the Hutu from Rwanda.
 * __Social effects__**



One of my plans For Rwanda is that the Tutsi and the Hutu will settle their differences and each have a say in what goes on in the villages and have representatives to explain their views and come to an agreement and then everybody will get what they want
 * __Future plans__**

My next plan is that foreign countries will send in regimes to help teach them how to make the most out of what they got and also that the countries can bring in resources that will help the societies thrive. Also the foreign counties could set up businesses to help put people to work and get them jobs to get money for their families to provide food and shelter.

My last plan is to elect a president who shares many wiews of both the Hutu and Tutsi people. This will make a sense of togetherness. Also that it will stop the fighting and spare many lives that will help for new lives to be born and also make the communities grow.