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    Genocide In Nigeria Essay

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    Christians are targeted in some parts of the world. Christians in Nigeria suffered an attack on Christmas day, harming several with some even ending in death. The attack was on a church, and it was done by Islamist insurgents (USCCB Freedom 1). A Christian village in Egypt was devastated when their houses and shops were burned down, and the perpetrators tried to turn their church into a mosque or hospital after breaking into it. Christians are the targets for violence in Iraq as the U.S. pulls…

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    As we read a book, fiction or non-fiction, or watch a movie or drama series, what do we see and understand? Is it only a story or is there something more important the author trying to convey? In Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda, Jean-Philipe (JP) Stassen tells a story about a young boy, Deogratias, experiences before, during and after the genocide, the war happened due to the division between ethnics: Hutu and Tutsi. As the story progresses, it shows something significant in life that we can take…

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    In April of 1994, Rwandan President Habyarimana was assassinated. In the days following his death, chaos and violence erupted throughout Rwanda. As a result of the Hutu rebel group (the Interahamwe) indiscriminately killing members of the Tutsi ethnic group, thousands of Tutsi civilians fled their homes in Gikongoro, a prefecture in southern Rwanda. Many of the Tutsi sought refuge at places such as Kibeho Parish, Cyanika Parish, Kaduha Parish, Murambi technical school, and Ruhashya commune.…

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    Within these two groups existed a patron-client relationship, designed to strengthen the bond between the population and the king. Payment was mostly in cattle. This bond could be used to bind the powerful to the nonpowerful people. This relationship although meant to protect both parties, usually benefited the individual in power. The rulers of Rwanda were Tutsi, while the subjects were the Hutu. For instance, one man might give another a cow to symbolize their bond. There were other types of…

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    Congo Wars: The Congo War

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    The Congo Wars were a bloody conflict that occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the first war occurring from late 1996 to mid 1997 and the second war occurring from late 1998 to mid 2003. The first Congo War started in late 1996, when the Tutsis began to rebel against the authoritarian rule of one of the key players of the conflict, Mobutu Sese Seko, and his supporters, the Hutu. The Tutsis quickly gained traction and when they neared the capital of the DRC from various…

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    Darfur Genocide Causes

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    The primary causes of the Darfur Genocide were the increased conflicts between Arab tribes and the Darfuris. “In 1989, General Omar Bashir took control of Sudan by military coup, which then allowed The National Islamic Front government to inflame regional tensions”(Genocide in Darfur). Leaders fought for control of the area, which caused many conflicts. The National Islamic Front government intensified the situation, which caused increased conflicts in the future. In 2003, two Darfuri rebel…

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    Hotel Rwanda is a film directed by Terry George, released 2004, that is based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina; the manager of Mille Collines who during the Rwandan genocide, used his establishment to hide 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees. The film follows Paul, played by Don Cheadle, as his world is flipped upside overnight when Hutu militias started their mass genocide on the Tutsi Rwandans. He is able to protect his family, neighbors, and hundreds of other refugees and help them make it to…

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    Around eight hundred thousand people were killed during the Rwandan genocide in 1942. Paul Rusesabagina, author of An Ordinary Man, sheltered and saved the lives of over twelve hundred would-have-been victims. The following quotes are important pertaining to the plot of the story and the challenges that the author faced. “We are a nation that loves to take people into our homes. I suppose our values are very much like the Bedouin of the Middle East, for whom sheltering and defending strangers is…

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    Personal identity emphasizes on personal range of situations, roles, and relationships in which individuals find themselves. Social identity is collective experiences and ideology in a range of groups, where personal identities would be interconnected. Personal and social identity impacts an individual's perception and behavior and it may lead to discriminative and conflict traits. Korostelina states that, "social identity is connected not only with the perception of similarities with an…

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    In his guide to obtaining political power, The Prince, Machiavelli asserted that effective leadership comes only through instilling fear in one’s subjects rather than promoting a loving environment. Machiavelli appears to ignore the powerful combination that fear and love create when put together: respect. In order to become a successful leader, cultivating respect among one’s followers is far more advantageous than choosing fear or love alone. Both fear and love are relatively easy to establish…

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