Essay On Rwanda Genocide

The genocide in Rwanda was an extremely tragic event in 1994, claiming over 800,000 lives. There are a multitude of factors that are culpable for this genocide. This genocide was largely due to the ethnic tension in Rwanda, as well as different political groups being power hungry. There are a few reforms and principles that should be put into place so that there is not “another Rwanda” in the 21st Century. These include nations supporting one another. If nations across the world worked together to combat evil, genocide such as this could be prevented in the 21st Century. The division between minorities in Rwanda is a contributing to the genocide of 1994. The extreme Hutu nationalists are the ones who gained control of the genocide, and contributed to most of the killing. According to the documentary viewed in class, the Hutu wanted to exterminate the Tutsi community. This is what caused the majority of deaths among citizens in Rwanda. The major difference between the two groups was their ethnicity, and the Belgiums considered the Tutsis superior to Hutus. Hutus then resented this and rebelled against the Tutsis, a kind different than their own. Many Tutsis took refugee anywhere they could, but this did not save over …show more content…
This is another contributing factor to the genocide that occurred. Both the Hutu and the Tutsi ethic groups wanted power of the Rwandan community. This urge for power is what drove each ethnic group to thinking they were superior to the other, and ultimately what lead the Hutus to killing the Tutsis. If each ethnic group viewed each other as equal Rwandan citizens, not more powerful than the other, than this genocide may have been avoided. Once power is in the wrong hands, such and extreme Hutu nationalists, there is no knowing how far they may go to obtain all the power they can. This was seen in the genocide of