The Collapse
The Rwanda genocide resulted from pre-exisiting ethnic hatred spurred by greedy politicians seeking to control their own destiny. The rulers (Hutus) stimulated ancient tribal hatred and brought it to a modern form. They believed that by eliminating an entire ethnic race (Tutsi), they would restore the support for their political party and help them succeed. Although many people agree that there is strong support for this theory, the lack of food supply and a growing population clearly had an influence in the genocide that took place. Rwanda did have the five traits of a complex Civilization. The problem was they couldn't provide enough food, clean water, shelter, and sanitation. Rwanda was over populated and continued to grow. Their agricultural system was not efficient. They did not have the knowledge we have now to make farming faster and more efficient. They didn't have the infrastructure to move food and resources from one place to another. They had to work with tools like the handheld plow, picks, and machetes. There was no efforts to curb birth rates, thus the population in Rwanda continued to grow. Ethnic hatred between the Hutus and Tutsis drew lines based on hatred and fueled by demand for food and rations. This caused fierce competition for food production and economic resources. All of this combined with ethnic diversity resulted in a tragic genocide.