Religious Conflicts in Ethiopia and Eritrea
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GROUP ONE : THE HUTUS AND TUTSIS This lesson plan was developed and designed by WCL students Sarah Hymowitz and Amelia Parker. All rights are reserved by American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center HISTORY OF THE TUTSIS AND THE HUTUS I. THE AFRICAN DIVIDE By the mid 1800s, the western powers had established colonies all along the African coast. Africa provided a source of cheap labor, raw materials and new markets for these countries, which were going through the Industrial Revolution. These colonizing powers, however, began to compete with each other over control. They decided to hold a
