The government of Rwanda was haunted by the years of colonization by the Belgians. Through this time the Belgians named two groups which were known as Hutus and Tutsis. However, due to different treatment between each group the Hutus and the Tutsis would endure the worst wars that Africa could have ever encountered. Through revenge and a desire to kill, these conflicts would arise through personal racialized and ethnicized history that were taught to them. Through the grievance of history these groups were driven to the breaking point, which ultimately ended with the annihilation of millions of people during and after the Rwandan genocide.
The ethnic conflicts between these groups began long before the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The …show more content…
“They thus empowered the Tutsi monarchy, which they saw as the “natural” elite, abolished checks and balances on the royal family, and streamlined the local administration by ousting Hutu Chiefs and vesting all power in a Tutsi dominated administration” (Stearns 22). The Belgians used their class system as a way to divide the people because there was no natural division. The Belgians used their class system because they knew that natural division would allow other colonists to come in and use that division to come and conquer. This immediately created tensions when Belgians began stating that the Tutsi are above. Within these characterizations the Tutsis developed methodologies about themselves and called themselves the Jews of Africa because they believed that they were smarter, and that is the reason people hate them and persecute them. The Hutu sees the same for themselves, they grow to hate the Tutsis because of the way they are perceived as being better than …show more content…
In the summer of 1972, in Burundi the Tutsi people commit a genocide against the Hutu people they killed between a 100 to 200,000 Hutus. 1972 was the first instance of mass killings, but other mass killings that go on. In between 1972 and 1994, there are other killings that occur, killing tens of thousands. The majority of the killings takes place in Rwanda and Burundi. In Burundi the majority is Tutsi, while in Rwanda the majority is Hutu. What commences the civil war is that Tutsi’s will kill the Hutus in Burundi, and in Rwanda the Hutus will kill the Tutsis for revenge killings. These two countries were gifted by the Belgians these groupings of Hutu and Tutsi, and they kill each other in cycles of violence. We are told that the first of this genocide occurred in 1994, but it actually commenced in 1972 which took hold of many ethnic
The ethnic conflicts between these groups began long before the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The …show more content…
“They thus empowered the Tutsi monarchy, which they saw as the “natural” elite, abolished checks and balances on the royal family, and streamlined the local administration by ousting Hutu Chiefs and vesting all power in a Tutsi dominated administration” (Stearns 22). The Belgians used their class system as a way to divide the people because there was no natural division. The Belgians used their class system because they knew that natural division would allow other colonists to come in and use that division to come and conquer. This immediately created tensions when Belgians began stating that the Tutsi are above. Within these characterizations the Tutsis developed methodologies about themselves and called themselves the Jews of Africa because they believed that they were smarter, and that is the reason people hate them and persecute them. The Hutu sees the same for themselves, they grow to hate the Tutsis because of the way they are perceived as being better than …show more content…
In the summer of 1972, in Burundi the Tutsi people commit a genocide against the Hutu people they killed between a 100 to 200,000 Hutus. 1972 was the first instance of mass killings, but other mass killings that go on. In between 1972 and 1994, there are other killings that occur, killing tens of thousands. The majority of the killings takes place in Rwanda and Burundi. In Burundi the majority is Tutsi, while in Rwanda the majority is Hutu. What commences the civil war is that Tutsi’s will kill the Hutus in Burundi, and in Rwanda the Hutus will kill the Tutsis for revenge killings. These two countries were gifted by the Belgians these groupings of Hutu and Tutsi, and they kill each other in cycles of violence. We are told that the first of this genocide occurred in 1994, but it actually commenced in 1972 which took hold of many ethnic