Pygmy genocide

About the location of the Genocide

About the location of the Genocide

Flag

• Blue represents peace and hope
• Red stands for the blood of the country's martyrs
• Yellow stands for the country's wealth and prosperity
• Star symbolizes unity and the brilliant future for the country

Type of Goverment

• Rebulic with a Semi- presidential sytem

Language spoken

• French

Religion

• Christianity is the majority 80% of the population. Denominations include Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20% and Kimbanguist 10%.

Events leading up to the genocide

Events leading up to the genocide

• They are not permitted to become citizens in any of the Congo Basin countries. Are not given any for of ID because of this when asked for Identification cards , or issued passports.
• Are often killed for not having a form of identifcation
• Their land is not legally theirs. It is owned by the government, who takes away their essential resources by deforestation.
• In the early 1900s many europeans would capture young children display them in zoos like animals until 1907
• The Batu people would enslave pygmy people to work in colt mines children born into same fate

People who took part in the Genocide

People who took part in the Genocide

• The Bantus, who, to this day, use the Pygmies enslave Pygmies
• Uganda and the Congolese (the Decromatic Republic of the Congo) wanted to open up Pygmy lands for mineral exploitation
• The Hutus killed many Pygmies because of their beliefs
• "Les Effaceurs" ( the erasers )are group of average sized people who believe that because of there height they shouldn't exist ( to this day they still kill Pygmy)

People affected

• The people affected by the genocide are the Batwa (pygmy). The genocide did not affect the population of the DRC but it did affect the population of the pygmies 1/3(30%) of pygmies have been severely affected

What happend during the Genocide

What happend during the Genocide

• During the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, Hutu militias took over many Pygmy villages. Invaded the forests, where the Pygmies resided,
• Other militias thought that by killing and eating the Pygmies, militias believe they would possess "magical powers"
• Rebels believed that sleeping with a Pygmy woman can cure diseases such as a backache.

Stage 1 Calssification

Stage 1 Calssification

• People are categorized by race, ethnicity, religion, etc.

Stage 3 Dehumanization

Propaganda is used to make a classification seem less than human (ex. animal, insect, disease, etc.)

Stage 4 Organization

Stage 4 Organization

• Militias and hate groups form to remove a classification

Stage 5 Polarization

Stage 5 Polarization

• Propoganda begins to spread by hate groups

Stage 6 Identification

Stage 6 Identification

• A classification is identified and targeted for removal

Stage 7 Extermination

Stage 7 Extermination

• The hate groups start to murder their classified victims

Stage 8 Denial

Stage 8 Denial

• The perpetrators try to hide the dead bodies, they deny the existence of any crimes.

Currently at

Currently at

• Currently at stage 7 and 8 many pygmies write now as I speak are being hunted and eaten because of their height others beliefs many people just pretend like nothing is happening

what we can do

what we can do

• Be aware of this know that these people exist, tell people to spread awareness of the 8 stages of genocide.
• Start a donation program or donate to one that's already been set up for example like https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/pygmies

Citations

• “Merciless Plight for African 'Pygmies'.” Cultural Survival, www.culturalsurvival.org/news/merciless-plight-african-pygmies
• “Africa DR Congo pygmies appeal to UN.” BBC News, BBC, 23 May 2003, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2933524.stm
• “Extermination of the pygmies.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 6 July 2004, www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/extermination-of-the-pygmies-552332.html.
• “Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Democratic Republic of the Congo « World Without Genocide -, worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/congo.
• International, Survival. “'Pygmies'.” 'Pygmies' - Survival International, www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/pygmies.

PIcture Citations

• “Charles Knowles, the founder and executive director of the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), with some of the Mbuti Pygmies who are on the staff of the Okapi Conservation Project in the DR Congo. .” People of the Congo Rainforest - the "Pygmies", Rhett Butler , 24 July 2013, rainforests.mongabay.com/congo/congo_people.html
• “Pygmy encounter .” Pygmy ecounter, 26 Aug. 2011, unusualsoldiers.blogspot.com/2011/08/pygmy-encounter.html
• “Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .” File:Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1963-1966).Svg, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Congo-L%C3%A9opoldville_(1963-1966).svg.
• “8 stages of genocide .” Bosnia Genocide Project, sites.google.com/site/bosniagenocideproject/6-stages-of-genocide.
• “A map showing the distribution of Congo Pygmies.” Congo Pygmies, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Pygmies.
• “Us vs them which is good which is bad .” Binary Disease: Online Rancor, Election Madness, Kindness & Diversity Protocol, 31 Oct. 2016, animacenter.org/blog/?p=5530.
• “Nazi organization.” 8 stages of genocide, pt.slideshare.net/Pentucket/ashley-cook-8-stages-of-genocide.
• “Pile of dead peope skulls .” The Eight Stages Of Genocide, 689779505628141809.weebly.com/eight-stages-of-genocide.html.