“Development is about more than

money, or machines, or good

policies. It’s about real people
& the lives they lead.”
-Paul Kagame
 Background Information
Official name: Rwanda
Capital: Kigali
Population: 12.3M
Religions: Christian 93%
Muslim 2.5%
Others 4.5%
Ethnics: Hutu 84%
Tutsi 15%
Twa 1%
Language: Kinyarwanda
French
English
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Rwanda
• People of Rwanda

• Rwanda’s culture

• Rwanda and the genocide

 People of Rwanda
• Demographic Characteristics
o Unequal area & population
o Life expectancy
o Leading causes of death

• Population Densities
o Highest population
o Carrying capacity &
economic development
• Settlement pattern
o ¾ in rural area
o Rapid urbanization
o Diseases
 Culture of Rwanda
• Division of work by gender
o Agriculture
o Men leading business
o Limited authority for women

• Marriage & children

o A social pressure
o Polygamy
o 7th and 8th children
• Social conventions
o Bribe
o Begging
o Umuganda day
 Rwanda & the genocide
• The genocide
o Began in April 6, 1994
o International responses
o Ended by RPF

• The effects of genocide

o Fled to the neighboring
o Wars in camps
o Stable again under
president Kagame
• Today’s Rwanda
o Developments
o East Africa’s Silicon valley
o Poverty and fear still left