Fire on Us from the Sky
Topic 1: War and Survival
Question 1. Why did war come to Benson, Alepho and Benjamin's homeland? Who was fighting and why? How did the government and the rebel forces use propaganda (manipulating facts and media to achieve their goals) to further their position in the war?
Why did war come to Benson, Alepho and Benjamin's homeland? In 1959, violence between the Tutsi and Hutu erupted. Hutus overthrew Tutsi rule, declared an independent republic and elected the first Hutu president, Greg wa Kayabanda. Mass killings of Tutsis occurred during the transition to Hutu rule.
Who was fighting and why?
The British colonists created a strict system of racial classification, the Tutsi were a superior group because they were more “white looking” The colonists believed that the Tutsi were natural rulers, so they put only Tutsis into positions of authority and discriminated against Hutus and Twa.
The
How did the government and the rebel forces use propaganda (manipulating facts and media to achieve their goals) to further their position in the war? They distributed lists of people who were to be targeted and killed. Messages of hate were broadcast over the radio, encouraging the killing of Tutsi and opponents to the Hutu regime. The messages portrayed
Tutsis as evil cockroaches and rats.
Question 2. What hardships did Benson, Alepho and Benjamin endure because of the war? What does the African proverb
When two elephant’s fight, it is the grass that gets trampled mean to you?
What hardships did Benson,Alepho, and Benjamin endure because of the War?
Loosing their families, watching women get raped, their friends get killed, and just the overall affect that it causes to the brain.
What does the African proverb When two elephant’s fight, it is the grass that gets trampled mean to you? It means to me that when two elephants or two powerful leaders fight, it injures the grass, or the middle and low class citizens.
Question 3. What hardships
Question 1. Why did war come to Benson, Alepho and Benjamin's homeland? Who was fighting and why? How did the government and the rebel forces use propaganda (manipulating facts and media to achieve their goals) to further their position in the war?
Why did war come to Benson, Alepho and Benjamin's homeland? In 1959, violence between the Tutsi and Hutu erupted. Hutus overthrew Tutsi rule, declared an independent republic and elected the first Hutu president, Greg wa Kayabanda. Mass killings of Tutsis occurred during the transition to Hutu rule.
Who was fighting and why?
The British colonists created a strict system of racial classification, the Tutsi were a superior group because they were more “white looking” The colonists believed that the Tutsi were natural rulers, so they put only Tutsis into positions of authority and discriminated against Hutus and Twa.
The
How did the government and the rebel forces use propaganda (manipulating facts and media to achieve their goals) to further their position in the war? They distributed lists of people who were to be targeted and killed. Messages of hate were broadcast over the radio, encouraging the killing of Tutsi and opponents to the Hutu regime. The messages portrayed
Tutsis as evil cockroaches and rats.
Question 2. What hardships did Benson, Alepho and Benjamin endure because of the war? What does the African proverb
When two elephant’s fight, it is the grass that gets trampled mean to you?
What hardships did Benson,Alepho, and Benjamin endure because of the War?
Loosing their families, watching women get raped, their friends get killed, and just the overall affect that it causes to the brain.
What does the African proverb When two elephant’s fight, it is the grass that gets trampled mean to you? It means to me that when two elephants or two powerful leaders fight, it injures the grass, or the middle and low class citizens.
Question 3. What hardships