85%)‚ Tutsi (14%) and Twa (1%). In the early 1990s‚ Hutu extremists within Rwanda’s political elite blamed the entire Tutsi minority population for the country’s increasing social‚ economic‚ and political pressures. Tutsi civilians were also accused of supporting a Tutsi-dominated rebel group‚ the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Through the use of propaganda and constant political maneuvering‚ Habyarimana‚ who was the president at the time‚ and his group increased divisions between Hutu and Tutsi by
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main ethnic populations‚ the Tutsis and the Hutus. The Hutus represent 80% of the Rwandan population. Rwanda was once a Belgium colony. When Belgium withdrew from Rwanda‚ the Tutsis quickly took control of the businesses and the government. Although being a minority‚ the Tutsis were socially‚ economically and politically dominant. Tensions grew rapidly between the ethnic groups‚ which led to the exiles‚ in 1959 to 1961‚ of many Tutsis. With the departure of the many Tutsis‚ the nation started to deteriorate
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Rwanda was first a kingdom divided into three ethnic groups: Tutsi‚ Hutu‚ and Twa. The Tutsis (14% of the population) were the in charge of the cattle‚ the Hutus (85% of the population) were the farmers‚ and the Twa (1% of the population) were the servants. The Tutsis were the upper class and the Hutus were vassals. Cattle measured wealth in Rwanda‚ the more cows you had the richer you were considered. During the late 19th Century‚ Rwanda was still considered a kingdom and it was lead by Kigeli IV
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Sykes Mr. Ptacek CSJ‚ Period G 8 September 2013 Rwandan Genocide In the film Hotel Rwanda‚ the story of Paul Rusesabagina’s life is put on display. It opens with a scene with the characters Paul and Dube‚ a fictional character based on the Tutsi workers of the Milles Collines. Paul is discussing what “style” is to Dube; they proceed to drive to pick up supplies from Georges Rutaganda. Rutaganda is a businessman and the leader of the Interhamwe militia group responsible for the genocide. At
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has been in office since 2000. 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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INTRODUCTION Within the borders of most of states there exist numerous ethnic‚ national‚ racial‚ linguistic or cultural groups. In other words‚ the majority of states are composed of more than one ethnic group. Sometimes these groups are not accepted as full members of this state or the nation‚ which it purports to be or presented‚ or who actually excluded from it. In such circumstance number of ethnic groups demands more rights and recognition that leads in many cases to ethnic conflict If not
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estimated 800‚000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Most of the dead were Tutsis - and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. * The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana‚ a Hutu‚ when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994. * A French judge has blamed current Rwandan President‚ Paul Kagame - at the time the leader of a Tutsi rebel group - and some of his close associates for carrying out the rocket attack
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Causes and Effects of the Rwandan Genocide by Arnav Kapur In 1994‚ Rwanda erupted into one of the most appalling cases of mass murder the world has ever witnessed since World War II. Many of the majority Hutu (about 84% of the population) turned on the Tutsi (about 15% of the population) and moderate Hutu‚ killing an estimated total of 800‚000 people. The main causes of the Rwandan Genocide were the shooting down of the President’s plane‚ high population density‚ the media‚ the unresponsive UN and the
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of the population of Rwanda and 75% of the Tutsi population (Melvern‚ 2009). The underlying cause is the uneven allocation of power in the colony era and the Rwandan Civil War‚ between the Hutu and Tutsi in 1990. When Rwanda was still a French and Belgian colony‚ Tutsi-supremacy has been advocated by the suzerain. Thus‚ the seed of racial conflict has been sowed. Also‚ after WWII‚ Rwanda started to gain independence‚ meanwhile‚ the tension between the Tutsi‚ who favored early independence‚ and the
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Especially‚ the “Kangura” newspaper. It was controlled by the Hutu extremists and it spreaded much hate towards the Tutsis. Even before the Genocide of Rwanda happened. In 1990‚ in early December‚ the “Kangura” newspaper published “The Ten Commandments for the Hutu” The commandments basically insisted the Hutu not to associate with any of the Tutsis. If they were‚ then they would be considered a traitor. Other media such as‚ radio‚ broadcasting‚ television‚ and through music began
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