Hutu

Many people in our society have been taught, starting in their early years of life, that they should be obedient to those older than them or those placed in a position of authority. Being taught from a young age that disobeying will lead to harsh consequences. But what if one is asked to do something that doesn’t aline with their personal morals? Why is it that most people in society seem to act under compulsion when faced with things they don’t care to do? What makes it so hard for them to…

the hideous side and the hopeful side of such atrocities. One Hutu man, Paul Rusesabagina, risked his own life to save his Tutsi family as well as operating the hotel he managed as a refuge for hundreds of other Tutsis who were fleeing for their lives. The Hutu and Tutsi conflict originated in pre-colonial times, but colonialism only exacerbated the situation, giving the minority Tutsis the political and economic advantages over the Hutu. When the tables turned, the conflict became increasingly…

further apart. Studies have shown that forgiveness can repair the relationship before it dissolves. Forgiveness has helped mend relationships between genocide survivors and their perpetrators. In fact, after the Rwandan genocide had taken place, many Hutu perpetrators asked for forgiveness to Tutsi survivors who had pulled through the tragic event. More than half of the survivors granted them pardon, with some reconciling and today, peace reigns among the two ethnic groups. Forgiveness helped…

Imagine a monarch claiming an entire country for himself, not his country, but himself. This was such the case of King Leopold II of Belgium, which started the European Scramble for Africa. The European powers would go on to dominate the continent for years to come, and leave debilitating effects on the continent that still last to today. The time before 1884, European powers colonized only 10% of the African continent. However, this all changed after King Leopold II of Belgium annexed the Congo…

This paper looks to assess the positive and negative impacts of the two angles on a particular sub-Saharan nation, for this situation, Rwanda. It likewise expects to survey the activities that the initiative of Rwanda has embraced as far as utilizing outside guide to ease extreme issues that were brought about by fighting in the nation. The paper will examine the viability of expansion of remote guide as a method for lessening neediness and occurrence of fighting in Rwanda. War alludes to an…

In the book The Lucifer Effect, renowned psychologist Phillip Zimbardo seeks a reason as for why inherently good people may turn evil. He argues that rather than initial nature, situational forces are the ones that may push a person over the edge to do horrible things. He also describes a “slippery slope” toward evilness, including the dehumanization of others, de-individualization of oneself, conformity, and blind obedience to authority. Zimbardo’s main argument throughout the entire book was…

Why do we help people in need? Is it because humans are inherently compassionate creatures or is it because people crave positive reciprocity. Regardless of the actual answer many people in the world lend their hands to people in need in order to give them the support needed to overcome a difficult situation. When one helps someone in need they help facilitate positive encouragement which is needed when someone is down on their luck. It may be the intrinsic feeling of compassion within humans…

Greed and Grievance – a complementary approach While many scholars dealing with the academic or policy implication of this debate align themselves with either the greed or grievance camp, others believe that it is the combination of the two that has the biggest explanatory power when it comes to exploring the motives behind intra-state conflict. As highlighted by Murshed and Tadjoeddin (2007: 24), “grievances can be present without greed, but it is difficult to sustain greedy motives without…

In 1994, the Hutu ethnic group staged a rebellion following the death of one of their leaders, which they blamed on the country’s other large ethnic group, the Tutsis. The leaders of their government quickly got on the radio to spread a larger message that the Tutsis…

It must hurt a lot to be in a moment when we are left with nothing except our own strength. At that moment we are completely on our own like what exemplifies by Deo Gratias in "Strength in What Raemains". Reading through the pages of Deo's chronology of life, starting from his death escape in Burundi and his survival in New York, he had lose many significant things on his way, including his family, career and right to live. However, I strongly believe that Deo's two greatest assets which are…