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The Siege of Sarajevo was an event in which two-hundred thousand people lost their lives. The book I had the pleasure of reading was “The Cellist of Sarajevo” by Steven Galloway. The purpose of this literature was to bring light to the “Siege of Sarajevo” that occurred between 1992 and 1996 and to show the humanity/inhumanity found within. The novel elicits many ideas which can be narrowed down to: war, symbolism, structure, character developments and historical context which will all be…

Hotel Rwanda is a historical film drama based upon the Rwandan Genocide during April 1994. An ethic group by the name of "Hutu" began to murder another ethnic group by the name of "Tutsi", causing the country Rwanda to go into turmoil. This movie stars Golden Globe winner Don Cheadle, in which this film earned him an Academy nomination for Best Actor. Don Cheadle plays Paul Rusesabagina, an employee of Hotel des Mille Collines located in Rwanda, and unfortunately his boss leaves during the mist…

The Hutus and Tutsi conflict in Rwanda was a terrible event that happened on the 6th of April 1994 and ran for an unpresidenat length of 100 days. It has had a number of significant ethical issues on Rwanda, and it’s still recovering. Families were torn apart and unwarranted murder occurred very second. So many lives were affected and I couldn’t even began to think about, what those parents would have had to have gone through. It’s truly the most saddening thing. It’s been a long path to…

Rwanda Barley 1 “In Rwanda one person's God is another persons Satan.” - Karl Maier. That quote from Karl Maier best explains the situation of war that took place in Rwanda from October 1st, 1990 to August 4th, 1993. The war continued into a horrible genocide/massacre until July, 1994. The Rwanda Civil War took place within the central African nation of the country. The dispute was between the President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Entire families were…

The Rwandan Genocide and Belgium Trouble ensued when Belgium took control of Rwanda. Dividing people into groups, such as Tutsis and Hutus, caused political conflict. These conflicts eventually led to the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Belgium separated Tutsis from the Hutus to form a political system and to strengthen their control, but it was flawed because the division was based on solely physical characteristics. they were the minority, Tutsis were considered the upper class, and Hutus the lower…

The Rwandan Genocide took place over a span of 100 days, from April to July 1994, when the Hutu clan systematically slaughtered the Tutsi minority. Tensions between the two ethic groups had reached a crisis point, when the Hutu’s rebelled against the Tutsi rule and oppression by participating in a massacre of hundreds of thousands of Tutsi men, women and children. Approximately 1 million people were murdered over 100 days, equalling to 6-7 people per minute; and an added 300, 000 people died…

Rwanda; a place that is often not spoken about or heard of. Rwanda is a place located in Eastern Africa. It is a place full of hatred, torture, and cruel punishments. The things that happen in Rwanda are rarely ever talked about to the world and most of the time no action is taken to help the struggling people in this horrible country. The things that happen in Rwanda should be talked about more so more people are informed about what is happening and more action can be taken to help the people…

In 1991, Bosnia-Herzegovina had a population composed of three main ethnic groups: Bosniak, Serb, and Croat. As a whole, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presence within the reformed Yugoslavia was peaceful and prosperous. When the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992 the region quickly became a war zone. Bosnian Serbs launched a military campaign to eliminate the country of its Muslim civilian population. Which was supported by Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic who help…

Genocide did not start with Rwanda and the terrible, and did not end after the horrifying days that transpired after the events start. During those 100 days in which the Rwandan genocide took place, it has been estimated that Rwanda lost anywhere from a minimum of 500,000 to as many as 1,000,000 people (1). These numbers are even greater when you consider that it makes up as much as seventy percent of the targeted Tutsi people and about twenty percent of the entire population of the country (1).…

Think about the population of Washington D.C, around 650,000 people. That is approximately how many refugees has helped since 2006. In 2015 alone the United States has helped around 70,000. Genocide or mass killings are a big reason for refugees. On April 6th, 1994, the Hutu ethnic group began mass killing Tutsis. In just 100 days around 800,000 lay dead. That is about seven people dying a minute. After that ended, there were approximately 550,000 Tutsi refugees. What is mass genocide? Genocide…