INT 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hutu, Central Force, Humanitarian Aid
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Article was written in 1991, yet the issues are still ongoing in 2016. See refugees from africa emanating from countries that were colonized in particular way that there are internal wars in post-colonial present. 3 models of colonial state-building (how colonists constructed state, power holding, set stage for conflict afterwards): radical separation. Ex) north & south sudan by britain: north=arab muslim, south=africans that practiced christianity or traditional. African faiths: treated, ruled, given resources very differently, had no experience of working together, some benefitted, granted better infrastructure, etc. Ex) rwandan hutu < tutsis, think are dominant. Ex) portuguese built no institutions b/c thought angolan were inferior; just plunder, don"t build schools, they repress natives, etc. Ex) belgians in the congo; no society ready to take over. Ghana evaded that trouble even though was colonized. 1991 somali regime collapsed: us invasion to prop up other regime (us, kenya, ethiopia)
