Rwanda was first part of the German colony of Southeast Africa before coming under Belgian control after World War I. It became independent from the Belgians in 1962.
It began colonising Rwanda in about 1884.
Just as with the rest of the African continent, it was colonized by the European powers for the purpose of empire (money, expansion of global influence, to "civilize" the "dark continent"). I believe Rwanda's cash crop was coffee... Germany ruled Rwanda until WW1, then the territory was handed over to Belgium, then independence from Belgium in the 1960s.
Rwanda was a German colony from 1884 to 1919.At the end of WWI the League of Nations gave control of Rwanda to Belgium, which lasted from 1919 until the revolution in 1959.
A minority group, the Tutsis, ruled over the Hutu majority.
A minority group, the Tutsis, ruled over the Hutu majority.
India was first colonized in 1497
Jamaica was first colonized by the Spanish then the British took over.
The first country that colonized Libya was Italy (1934~1943)
Canada was colonized by France and England.
The woman pilot in Rwanda is named Esther Mbabazi.
Rwanda has previously been colonised by Germany, who first arrived to Rwanda in 1897 and took control over it soon after. In 1989, Belgium seized Rwanda from Germany in 1916 after the defeat of Germany in World War I.
south asia was the first region in asia colonized by western countries