 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Vafudzi-vanounganidza vakagara munharaunda iyi muNguva yeMatombo neYesimbi, vachiteverwa gare gare nevanhu veBantu. Vanhu vacho vakatanga vava mapoka uye vakazopedzisira vava umambo. Umambo hweRwanda hwakanga hwava kutonga kubva pakati pezana ramakore rechigumi nemasere, namadzimambo echiTutsi achikunda vamwe nenzira dzemauto, achigovera simba uye gare gare achitsigira mitemo inorwisana nevaHutu. Germany yakatorwa neRwanda muna 1884 sechikamu cheGerman East Africa, ichiteverwa neBelgium, iyo yakapinda muna 1916 mukati meHondo Yenyika I. Nyika mbiri dzeEurope dzakatonga kuburikidza nemadzimambo uye dzakaramba dziine mutemo unotsigira vaTutsi. Vanhu vechiHutu vakamukira muna 1959. Vakauraya vaTutsi vakawanda uye pakupedzisira vakagadza nyika yakazvimirira, yaitongwa navaHutu muna 1962 inotungamirirwa naPurezidhendi Grégoire Kayibanda. Kubvuta masimba kwakaitwa muna 1973 kwakabvisa Kayibanda pachigaro ndokuunza Juvénal Habyarimana pachigaro, uyo akaramba achitevedzera mitemo yaitsigira vaHutu. Mauto eRwanda aitungamirirwa nevaTutsi akatanga hondo yevagari vomunyika yachomuna 1990. Habyarimana akaurayiwa muna April 1994. Kunetsana munzanga kwakapararira mukuuraya rudzi kweRwanda kwakatevera, uko vapanduki vechiHutu vakauraya vanofungidzirwa kuva 500 000 000 vaTutsi navaHutu mukati memazuva ane zana. RPF yakagumisa kuparadza rudzi norukundo rwemauto muna July 1994. 