Rwanda Genocide Research Paper

The Rwandan Genocide was a mass killing of the Tutsis. Rwanda is an East African country with a mountainous terrain known for its volcanoes, golden monkeys, and gorillas; aside from that is home to 11.8 million people. A genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in a part of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national groups. It is the killing with intentions to groups by causing mental harm, preventing births, inflicting conditions of life, or transferring children to other groups. I chose this genocide, because it is very recent occurring in 1994, and also because we do not always get to study African history or what is happening in Africa. I would most definitely chose this topic again; it was interesting as well
It all started in 1894 when Europeans went to Rwanda and favored the Tutsis. This lead to the Tutsis ruling over the Hutu. Until 1959 when Belgium switched to the Hutu. The Hutu turned on the Tutsi, “In the 1960’s, some 20,000 Tutsi were killed and over a quarter-million driven into exile”(Anderson). Even though the Hutu made up most of the population they were being taken advantage of, “Hutu made up 85 percent of the population, while the Tutsi accounted for only 15 percent”(Anderson). Eventually the Hutu revolted and started to exert their power. Therefore it was known as the Rwandan Genocide. Hundreds of thousands were killed, government was using propaganda to attack the Tutsi, and even offered land to those who attacked the
Actually supposedly in Rwanda, “Today, you see people living side by side, walking together, developing the country. Institutions have been rebuilt. Rwanda has come back to life in many forms”(Kagame). The people of Rwanda have come a long way since the massacre and learned to mend the wounds. It must have been difficult for most to forgive for what happened, and to be able to overcome the genocide, “They have reflected on what divided them and what caused the genocide, and they have overcome some of the real or perceived differences that allowed the genocide to happen. It seems they are comfortable with themselves, with each other, and they are moving forward”(Kagame). Through all the suffering the citizens of Rwanda persevered and are now able to start the rebuilding of the