I have chosen Rwanda as my African nation country to study during this course particularly because the war and genocide that has gone on in this region has been of interest to me for several years. The Republic of Rwanda is a nation in central and east Africa. It has Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo as neighboring countries, and it is located a few degrees south of the equator.
It is a subtropical country with mountains, savanna, and lakes throughout. Rwanda has three ethnic groups that make up its population and they include the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (who are a forest dwelling, pygmy group).
The main language spoken in Rwanda is Kinyarwanda. However, English and French both serve as the official languages. Rwanda's population is relatively young and it's population density is one of the highest in Africa.
A civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi in 1990. And it led to a genocide that killed roughly 800,000 Tutsi and many Hutu. Paul Kagame became president in 2000. And according to worldatlas.com, "The country has made a remarkable recovery under the leadership of Kagame, and is now considered to be a model for developing countries." The average income has tripled over the last ten years and the economic growth throughout the nation has stabilized. Many positive things are to be said about how the Republic of Rwanda is recovering from such a seemingly hopeless situation.
Bibliography-
WorldAtlas.com. 2015. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/rw.htm
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