Tutsi

In the first few lines of Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present, you are enthralled. Enthralled since in 1994 people, black South Africans, were allowed to vote. Vote to decide who would govern their country (p.1). A country that knew only colonial empires and apartheid. So in April, 1994, they voted, breaking through the chains of segregation and becoming democratic in order to have one voice. Fredrick Cooper’s preface alone is stimulating. He offers the readers a chance to question…

Political violence is defined as the use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals. Usually, political violence occurred between states. In some circumstance, states use political violence to achieve political goals. Many times political violence occurs because civilians who are rebelling against their government or because a politician is trying to achieve their political goals by coercing the people and government officials. This creates a problem because it creates a…

In 1990 a civil war broke out in Rwanda between two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis, for power. The two groups eventually came up with a peace agreement in 1992, though tensions still ran high. Two years later, Rwanda’s president was killed, and soon afterwards Hutus took over Rwanda’s capital. In the following weeks, Hutus killed anyone who they suspected to be a Tutsi. Tutsi population was significantly decreased. About 800,000 people from both groups were slaughtered over…

there was any foreign influence, the people living in Rwanda had one of two social statuses, the Hutu or the Tutsi based on the amount of cattle they owned and the titles were distinct. They lived in peace. After the Berlin Conference in 1885, Rwanda was placed under the control of the Germans, and following WWI, Belgium took control of that land. Both European countries placed the Tutsis in charge simply because they had similar characteristics to Europeans. The Hutus were agitated that they…

for 100 days (Smith, et al. 113-114). The Hutu president of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana was killed in a plane that got shot down. His assassination sparked the beginning of a genocide between the Hutu and Tutsi groups. Paul Rusesabagina is a mix of both, his father is Hutu and his mother is Tutsi. Since his father is Hutu and bloodlines are passed from father to son he is dominantly Hutu. Rusesabagina is a classic hero because of his accomplishments during the Rwandan genocide. Paul Rusesabagina…

Many immoral acts that negate humanity occurred throughout WWII. WWII started in 1939 and lasted until 1945 and over the course of six years, many inhumane events took place, such as, the Rape of Nanking, the Holocaust, and Pearl Harbor. Once again, countries were split into two groups– the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Allies consisted of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. The Axis power consisted of Japan, Italy, and Germany. WWII started when Adolf Hitler broke the…

theory, which states that for any entity there must be some attributes, which are important to its functioning. The ethnic conflict is mainly caused by outside influences like wealth, power, and resources. The Rwandan genocide was a fight between the Tutsi and the Hutu where a lot of people were killed. According to the author of the video, he focuses on the instrumentalism theory and supports the intervention of the West on the issue. The author of “Ghosts of Rwanda” states that the culture and…

without hesitation. The letter is based on the author’s own experience of corrupt Nigerian government that take no guilt. These two readings express their own perspective on responsibility and human tragedy. Gourevitch’s text communicates that the Tutsis are also…

Hutus started this genocide in hopes of exterminating the Tutsis in Rwanda. As a result of this savagery, many Tutsis in Rwanda fled to other countries, lived in hiding until the genocide was over, and were massacred. In Immaculee Ilibagiza’s memoir of Left to Tell, Immaculee, as a survivor of the Rwandan Holocaust, gives a detailed account of her experience in the genocide. Although the memoir primarily depicts a mournful tragedy of the Tutsis, it also provides a heartening demonstration of…

The United Nations and the Identification and Prevention of Genocides What is genocide? A genocide is a mass killing with intent to destroy whole, or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Some examples of genocides may come to mind: the Holocaust, Rwanda and the killings of indigenous people in the early twentieth century. These terrible crimes have haunted humanity’s past, but the United Nations (UN) still allows genocides to occur today. But why? The United Nations need…