Assingment #4

1. Who was John Garang de Maboir?

John Garang de meboir was the founder of the Sudanese People Liberation Movement and the Sudanese People Liberation Army. He is the architect of the Afrikan campaign for liberation in the Sudan. Although he documented the founding of the SPLM and the SPLA in his book, it documents his earlier speeches. He inherited the intergenerational struggle from the Anya Nya.


2. Who where the dinka people of Sudan?

The dinka people of Sudan were people who inherited the intergenerational struggle from the Anya Nya. They made a peace agreement in 1972. The discovery of oil was in 1978. Due to a racist

Assignment # 2

1. What events led to the outbreak of war in the DR congo?

 

The events that led to the outbreak were that the Hutu militias were held responsible for perpetrating the deaths of hundreds and thousands of people who fled across Congo, along with Hutu civilians who feared for their lives. The Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Army who invaded the Kivus , and killed hundreds and thousands of others in process, and at least eight other countries began fighting.

2. How many have died in this war? Over what time frame has the deaths taken place? What countries and ethnic groups are involved

Over hundreds and thousands of people have died over this time period through 1996 to 1998. The Hutu and Tutsi were involved in this fighting period because by a certain period of time, they ran the economy of the Kivus. 

3. What do you think can happen to stop the war/genocide in Congo?

I think that if everyone just found a reason why they were fighting, and tried to solve it, no one would even have to start a war. Everyone would have the same thoughts. If that wouldn't work, then the people of Congo should just do the fight and get it over with so they can get on with their lives.

Answers to assignment

1. When the President was killed, Tutis and moderate Hutu where killed.

2. 6 April: President Habyarimana killed in plane explosion
April - July: Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus killed
July: Tutsi-led rebel movement RPF captures the capital Kigali
July: Two million Hutus flee to Zaire, now DR Congo

3. Alot of Hutu died and the president died from an explosion of the plane.

Assigniment : Rhawanda

Peace, Love, and Power Students:

Directions: Click on the above link, read the entire article, and give informed answers to the following questions. Keep in mind that an informed answer is a researched answer, meaning you will have to do some other reading to gain background information on the answer.
Each question should be answered in at least one paragraph and posted to your blog. Include a related photograph on the Rwanda genocide. The due date for this assignment is Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

1. What factors led to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994?

2. What was the time frame of the 1994 genocide and ho many people died?

3. What were some of the after effects of the genocide?