Tutsi

divided up by two ethnic groups, Tutsi and Hutus. Tutsi made up about 15 percent of the population and the Hutus made up about 85 percent. Throughout the years both these group have had conflict between each other. The one that stands out the most is the Rwandan genocide. Rwanda can be broken up into three different topics,the events that lead up to the genocide, the genocide, and rebuilding process from the tragedy. The Hutu were people who farmed crops, while the Tutsi were people who tended…

children until one day the Rwandan Genocide began which was the start of the massacre of Tutsis by the Hutus. Rusesabagina was a local manager at a Hotel, once the genocide began he decided to protect as many Tutsis as he could including his wife and children who were also Tutsis unlike himself. Rusesabagina made several selfless acts throughout Hotel Rwanda. His main focus was to protect and save as many Tutsis refugees as possible in which he is represented as a hero throughout the film.…

a highly motivating incentive. Even before colonization, Rwandan societal divisions between Hutu and Tutsi were based on wealth as opposed to race. The implication of this is that affluence, prosperity and status had been intertwined for a long portion of Rwandan history and that established the underlying competition between the haves and have nots. Those who were prosperous had usually been Tutsi, who owned more land and thus more crops and the lower class had consisted of Hutus, who owned…

occurred in Central Africa between the Hutu and Tutsi people. The most devastated were from the Tutsi population. The duration of the genocide lasted approximately 100 days and each day an estimated 8,000 people were systematically brutalized, tortured and murdered. Families were torn apart and most were never reunited. The effects of the Rwandan Genocide will leave its mark for generations. Ethnic conflict and Imperialism between the Hutus and Tutsis people started the uprising of the Rwandan…

There has been a mass slaughter in Rwanda between the ethnic groups Tutsi and Hutu. In the past two days “an estimated 12,000 Tutsis were killed after sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi. Another 50,000 were killed in the hills of Bisesero. More were killed in the town's hospital and church” (Rosenberg). This killings started at the beginning of this month and that’s close to 70,000 Rwandans killed in just two days. This genocide is occurring in Rwanda, which is a very small country in…

Rusesabagina, played by actor Don Cheadle, did to save both his family and a thousand Tutsi refugees. The setting takes place in the spring of 1994 where Hutu extremists mass murder the Tutsis. Paul Rusesabagina grants shelter to the refugees by having them reside in his hotel, Hotel des Mille Collines. Paul’s effort to save the Tutsis during the 100-day massacre is widely seen as a heroic act. There are thousands of Tutsi refugees trying to survive but is there room for them all? “There’s…

perfectly. The tension between the majority Hutus and minority Tutsis who are the two most common ethnic groups in Rwanda derived from the German and Belgian colonization. After colonization, the two groups were divided, and the Tutsis obtained more power. More importantly, the Hutus gained political influence and they felt Tutsis had wronged them for centuries.…

it got worse? Tutsi and hutu were living a great life,especially Tutsi because one person from the there came up with an idea,and for that all tutsi got rewarded.Tutsi got rewarded by getting better jobs, a better education,and a better home for their family. President Juvenal Habyarimana died when his plane was shot down, this is important…

of the Tutsi survivors. Machete Season, on the other hand, tells of the events from the Hutu killers’ perspective. The book is an organized collection of interviews conducted by Hatzfeld and ten Hutu men who were currently imprisoned for their participation…

cause of the tension between Tutsis and Hutus. When an economic split between two religious groups occurred conflict quickly arose. Hutus farmed crops however, Tutsis tended livestock. Cattle were more valuable than crops, therefore, the Tutsi population became a “local elite.” When Belgium took over land from Germany in 1917 a Tutsi group had been ruling the monarchy for some time. A German and Belgium rule further increased the divide between groups. They supported Tutsi monarchy and requiring…