Mr. Bruns started off by explaining the semester tests. Then we presented some of our African Projects.
South Africa and Apartheid
- It had legal racial discrimination against blacks between 1948 and 1994.
- Sparked violence against Blacks and Indians
- The National Party was the official governing party of south africa between that time ^.
- THeir laws were no black and white marriges, forced removial of blacks, asians...
- How it ended: Banks and other companies withdrew from the country saying they would not invest in it until they got rid of their racism, other countries pressured them to end their racism.
Nelson Mandela
- Born in 1918
- Was raised by a friend of his father's, who gave him an excelent education
- Went to Fort Hare University, and met a life long friend Oliver Tambo
- Asked to leave College against the Representative Council due to politics
- Joined the African National Congress as an activist
- In 1948, the South African government limited the freedom of Black Africans
- Was imprisoned for five years in 1962, for being on the run for months, for being a black activist
- In 1976, around 600 students died from protesting
- In 1990 he was realeased after 27 years
- Became president of Congress in 1991
- Africans were aloud to vote for the first time in 1994
Rwanda
- In 1994 there was a genocide, in 100days about 800,000 people died
- There were three diffrent ethnic groups, the Hutus, Tutsi, and Twa
- Rwanda was a part of Belgium long before 1994
- The Tutsis were allowed to do more because they looked more like Europeans than the Hutus (Tutsis got better jobs, education, exc)
- In 1962 Rowanda became independent
- The fued between the Hutus and Tutsis remained
- Belgiums came up with cards that determined if you were a Hutu or Tutsi wich could have led to life or death.
- The attack was in 1959 and led to the death of thousands of people
- In april 1994, the president of Rwanda was on a plane that got shot down, he died and was a Hutu
- The president had just signed a peace agreement between the two
- The Hutus blamed the Tutsis and a fight broke out
- The fight continued for about a hundred days, and men, women, and children were killed. Until a cease fire was killed. -everyday people were going out and attacking random citizens
- The Tutsis would push the Hutus to the Congo, untimetly the Tutsis might have won
- Ever since the genocide, many conflicts have occured between the two
US and UN role:
- United States didn't want to be majorly involved
- The United Nations sent about 55 hundred troops over (which wasn't enough)
- No Nation really wanted to be involved
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