Belgium took control of Rwanda in 1994 after world war 1 was over‚ and they divided them into different groups called Hutus and Tutsis. To keep control and keep track of them they gave them cards that say if there Hutu or Tutsis. They thought the Tutsis were more white looking. There was a big effect‚ the Tutsis wanted more independence and they were being impatient and the Hutus were getting mad‚ they had know idea what was coming that affected their lives. The Imperialists
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in one of the worst genocides of the 20th Century. Tutsis and their Hutu supporters (the two ethnic groups in Rwanda) were massacred by Hutu militias‚ who encouraged ordinary citizens to kill their Tutsi neighbours. Between April and July 1994‚ while Europe and America looked on‚ this African nation was plunged into a state of severe panic and fear. Ethnic Tension: Tutsis and Hutus Though considered two different ethnic groups‚ the Tutsis and Hutus speak the same language‚ inhabit the same regions
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would be beyond incorrect. Hatred between the two tribes‚ the Tutsi and the Hutu‚ was present for even a century. Before Belgian colonization‚ both tribes in Rwanda lived in relative peace. There was no civil war‚ ethnic hatred‚ or genocide ever recorded before they were colonized. When the Belgians colonized Rwanda (1914-1962)‚ they created division immediately. They categorized the Rwandans into two groups - Hutu and Tutsi. They gave Tutsis identification cards as well as more political authority‚
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the mass murdering of over 800 000 Tutsi people‚ was one of the shortest but largest civil wars in earths history. Its cause‚ which is still debated about by historians today‚ has been a controversial topic since its occurrence. While it was sparked directly by the death of the Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana (a Hutu) when his plane was shot down‚ many believe that it was the build up of events leading up to this that primarily caused the genocide. The Tutsi and Hutu division began much before
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advanced weapons that killed the Jews but rather it was the Germans who killed the Jews. Hitler was able to turn the Germans into weapons. Similarly‚ Rwanda was a third world country but its government‚ with the aid of the media‚ was able to turn the Hutus into weapons and in a span of a hundred days they massacred more than 800‚000 people. The reason why Belgium was
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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‚ and life expectancy is forty years old.The method of human communication in Rwanda is Kinyarwanda‚ French‚ English‚ Kiswahili. In 1994‚ the country’s population had about seven million people there was about eighty five percent Hutus‚ fourteen percent tutsi and one percent Twa. The gross domestic product per capita in
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the jews‚ and Paul was there to help the Tutsis. The Holocaust lasted for a much longer time than the Rwandan Genocide‚ The Holocaust lasted 3-4 years‚ and the Rwandan Genocide lasted 3-4 months. One very big difference is their reasonings. The Nazis used jews as the reason for Germany’s poverty so they decided to try and eliminate the Jewish population from germany. In the case of the Rwandan Genocide‚ when the Tutsis were given power over Rwanda‚ the Hutus believed they were a more superior race
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the Hutus‚ overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next couple of years‚ thousands of Tutsis were killed‚ and about 150‚000 were driven into exile in neighboring countries. The children of these exiles later formed a rebel group‚ which we know now today as the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)‚ who nonetheless‚ began a civil war in 1990. These wars‚ along with several political and economic turmoil and ongoing ethnic tensions‚ had resulted in the April 1994 genocide of roughly 800‚000 Tutsis and moderate
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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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of thousands of human bodies gnawed on by dogs do not wake us out of our apathy‚ I do not know what will.” While the Hutus murdered as many as 800‚000 people‚ mostly tutsis‚ a lot of people sat and watched. Some people tried to help the Tutsis but the majority of people did not do a thing but watch and kept quiet. The Hutus were towards the government and destroyed a lot of Tutsis lives that rebelled the government. Representatives of the International committee of the Red cross identified that
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