History Of Rwanda

By bluebee21

  • Berlin Conference. Germany was given control over Rwandan territory.

  • Gustav Adolf von Götzen explores Rwanda

    Götzen is the first European to significantly explore the territory ​and even meets with the Rwandan king.

  • Belgian forces take control

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  • Belgium introduces identity cards

    The government begins to hand out identification cards, labeling people from different ethnic groups, such as the Tutsis and the Hutus. These divisions arguably lead to the genocide in the later 1900's.

  • Rwandan Revolution starts

    Ethnic clashes between Hutus and Tutsis ​and the Belgians are pushed out.

  • Rwanda gains independence

    Rwanda moves from a Belgian territory and Tutsi-dominated monarchy​ to a Hutu-dominated independent nation.