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How did imperialism lead to the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994?

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Answer: It was during a colonial rule that Rwanda's ethnic groups: Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa became racialized. It was the rigidification of these identities and their relationship with political power that would lay the foundation for genocidal violence.

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