HISB40H3 Lecture Notes - United Nations Assistance Mission For Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Peacekeeping
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Great lakes region of africa- near central eastern africa. You can find the largest freshwater lakes in the world here. Lake victoria- second largest body of fresh water in the world, lake malawi and lake albert. Landlocked region access to large bodies of freshwater but not to the sea. National borders don"t necessarily reflect the human geography on the ground. Establishment of modern political borders led to the division between identities (such as in rwanda) Rwandan genocide in the 90s important factor was the legacy of colonization. Landlocked area, known as the land of the thousand hills mountains lakes, plateaus, 7. 7 million population in the 90s made it one of the densest countries in the world for its size, put a lot of pressure on the land had trouble providing sufficient food to feed its people. After 1750s, important differences in colonization, geographical focus was not on the americas anymore but on asia, middle east, africa and the pacific.
