Prior to Rwanda gaining independence from Belgium in 1962‚ the country experienced a constant battle of right between the Hutu and the Tutsi religious groups. The Tutsi‚ although being the minority making up only 15-percent of the population‚ enjoyed privileged lives. However‚ following the country’s independence‚ the country experienced three decades of Hutu rule‚ under which the Tutsi faced extreme discrimination and bursts of extermination. This continual struggle between groups‚ and the assassination
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The Rwanda Genocide Genocide‚ the mass murder of a specific group of people. Rwanda‚ a small country about the size of Maryland‚ USA‚ located near the equator‚ it shares borders with Tanzania‚ Burundi‚ Uganda‚ and the Democratic Republic Of The Congo. In April to July of 1994‚ Rwanda went through genocide. The manslaughter of five hundred thousand to estimated about one million Tutsi had persevered for only one hundred days. The capital of Rwanda is Kigali‚ Rwanda‚ currency is the rwandan franc‚
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800‚000 tutsis were killed in the Rwandan genocide. That is a horrible and shocking fact‚ but the worst fact is that no one stepped in to help them. From 1922 to 1962 Belgium came and took Rwanda over. There were two different kinds of people in Rwanda‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus made up about 85% of Rwanda while the Tutsi was a minority making up only about 14%. Despite being a minority Belgium favored the Tutsi people because of their longer noses and brighter skin‚ they thought they looked
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"History and People of Papua New Guinea." History and People of Papua New Guinea. InterKnowledge Corp.‚ 11 Mar. 2006. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. <http://www.geographia.com/papua-newguinea/papuahistory.htm>. Unknown. "Reciprocity (Social and Cultural Anthropology)." Academia.edu. C/o Academia.edu‚ 11 Apr. 2013. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. <http://www.academia.edu/Documents/in/R eciprocity_Social_and_Cultural_Anthropology_>. Wardrip‚ Loretta. "A." Definitions of Nthropological Terms. Oregon State‚ 26 Dec. 2012
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The quote from Mr. Muberuka speaks clearly of the atrocities already taking place in Rwanda. Tensions between the Tutsis and Hutus of the atrocities which are already being committed in Rwanda. Belgian higher ups in Rwanda had required the civilians of the country to wear tags declaring their ethnicity‚ separating Tutsi and Hutu. Tensions between the two main ethnic groups had continued to grow slowly as the Rwandan Patriotic Front had been at constant war with the Hutu government. The fuse blew
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the Hutu group attempted to kill or displace Rwanda ’s Tutsi minority. Before the European occupation of Rwanda‚ the Tutsis and Hutus lived different lifestyles. Tutsis and Hutus were separate ethnic groups that lived peacefully with no discrimination or clashes between the groups. After World War 1‚ Belgium overtook Rwanda as a colony and established the Tutsis as the natural born leaders of the nation. The once peaceful lifestyle that existed in Rwanda was no more‚ as all Tutsis were given Identity
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Rwanda/ Burundi: Ethnic Conflict Madalena and Lucie Niyigena ran for their lives to the seemingly safe Catholic church in the Rwandan village of Kibuye in 1994. Once inside the church with thousands of other Tutsis‚ they took a few breaths of relief‚ thinking they were finally safe. Seconds later‚ Hutus storm the church with machetes‚ killing every single mother‚ father‚ and child in their paths. Madalena and Lucie luckily escaped and were able to hide with sympathetic people in the forest during the
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committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The genocide in Rwanda and Yugoslavia in the 1990s resulted in massive murders to the population. Both genocides were similar in many ways. Both were caused by tensions between ethnic groups‚ and received little help from the world. Although both genocides had similar causes the consequences came out of it was different. The genocide in Rwanda and Yugoslavia were caused by the tensions between the ethnic groups within the country. In Rwanda‚ there were
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"Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation." (Genocide) Introduction "In 1994 Rwanda experienced the worst genocide in modern times. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of the Tutsis by the Hutus that took place in 1994 in the East African state of Rwanda. It is considered the most organized genocide of the 20th century. Over the course of approximately 100 days (from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana
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