The Genocide And The Rwandan Genocide

The socio/cultural cause of the genocide in Rwanda came from the German and Belgian colonization, bringing along with them an idea of social science. Both colonial powers reinforced the Tutsi’s political power, which further oppressed the Hutus. This reinforcement caused the Hutus to envy the Tutsi’s aristocracy because they were privileged to all things, while the Hutus were privileged to nothing (Kapuscinski). This oppression led to many Hutu revolutions that the Hutus were successful in over the unprepared Tutsis. These victories of the Tutsis incidentally reversed the Rwandan apartheid system. The reversion of the system then gave

While writing an essay about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda utilizing writings from the play Maria Kizito and the script from the motion picture Hotel Rwanda I found more data by writers who wrote journals and articles that explained particular areas I had interest in. These journals and articles discuss with more detail Rwanda’s History, the history of the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes, Colonialism as the catalyst for genocide in Rwanda. The area this paper will focus on is the role of the media during that time. My goal in this paper is to expand what I read from the course about Genocide in Rwanda into a larger discussion about how media and more specifically radio played a significanant role in inciting violence against the Tutsi. To achieve this goal, I have organized my paper into three main sections beginning with a brief synopsis of the event, the origin of the Tutsi and Hutu tribes and the role of European Colonialism played as the root cause of their social indifference. In conclusion, the third area which talks about the role of media and how it was use to induce a violent eruption of mass killings against the nation 's minority, the Tutsi which explains the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

The primary and secondary information gives distinction between both a first hand view and a secondary view of genocide, not only in Rwanda but also in Bosnia. In both cases, thousands of people were slaughtered or brutally beaten including women and children by rebel groups. In “Back to Rwanda”, the first hand telling of how effective the genocide was, showed it was influenced by Bosnia and how the impact was felt not only on a federal government level but on a personal level as well. In both Bosnia and Rwanda, cultural independence played a major role in the attempt and succession of genocide. The populations of both countries, separated into two different minorities, were both willing to be redistributed to surrounding countries and far away villages where they could be safe from a purge like massacre. The Tutsis’ and Hutu’s were the aggressors in Rwanda with the Tutsis in control until the Rwandan President was gunned down in mid day. This event triggered the aggression between both of the groups. In Bosnia the Catholic Croats and Eastern Orthodox Serbs fought against each other after the death of pro- unionized demonstrators. These two main events triggered the beginning of the genocides. Both articles mentioned that the UN did not intervene to stop the genocides but rather end it with bloodshed and that the targets were of multiple races, mainly those who were African American, as well as those of different economic background. Over 100 days, close to 1 million Rwandans and 7000 Bosnians were massacred. Together, Bosnia and Rwanda were in fear of manipulation by the superior race and were in fear of mistrust amongst the nations as well as the possibility of more

The Rwandan Genocide which took place in Rwanda in the year 1994, took place because

Africa has been an interesting location of conflicts. From the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea to the revolutionary conflict in Libya and Egypt, one of the greatest conflicts is the Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan Genocide included two tribes in Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus. Upon revenge, the Hutus massacred many Tutsis and other Hutus that supported the Tutsis. This gruesome war lasted for a 100 days. Up to this date, there have been many devastating effects on Rwanda and the global community. In addition, many people have not had many acknowledgements for the genocide but from this genocide many lessons have been learned around the world.

In April of 1994 a terrible event took place, one where approximately one-million people were brutally murdered on the basis of their ethnicity or if they opposed the regime. (Uvin, 2003). This terrible event occurred in Rwanda, and it is known as the Rwandan Genocide. Genocide can be described as a one sided mass killing in which the state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are identified by the perpetrator. (Hintjens, 1999) This is exactly what took place in Rwanda in 1994. In Rwanda the population was mostly Hutu (84%) and had two minorities, Tutsi (15%) and Twa (1%). (Hoex, 2010) The perpetrators of the genocide were the Hutu majority and the victims were the Tutsi. In order to

Ethnic groups was divided by white people before leaving our countries after getting our independence saying that one of the part had more advantages over the other…. Like saying Tutsis were rich and Hutus just work for them in their farms as workers or grooms. That’s why they were seeking to revenge against Tutsis and so genocide to happen.

Many attitudes led to Rwandan Genocide in 1994, specifically the historical, political, and social ones. Rwanda has a history that made the country very susceptible to sectarian ways between the Hutus and the Tutsis. During the 15th century, the Tutsis held a powerful monarchy and the Hutus were considered middle-class citizens, but after the Belgians overthrew the Tutsi Government, the Hutus were given the title of higher class citizens while the Tutsis were thrown to the bottom of the social hierarchy. Now that the Hutus ran the government, they could fight for revenge from being poorly

The Rwandan Genocide started on April 7th of 1994 by Hutu extremists who wanted to eliminate all Tutsi tribes in Rwanda. Mr. Habyarimana, the president at the time's plane was shot down, which caused the terrible acts of violence towards the Rwandan Patriotic Front and other tribes. Most people didn’t know about the Rwandan conflict because of limited connections and fright. Today, most people have access to social media and technology, which can be easily used to spread information.

The country of Rwanda comprises an old kingdom that spanned several hundreds of years, established, ruled and ran by a people who spoke the language Kinyarwanda. Within its years, these people split into two groups namely the Hutu and the Tutsi. It is unclear why, but it is speculated that it may have been because of the different occupations they took; the Hutu being farmers and the Tutsi raising cattle. The Tutsi, despite

Watching this movie was definitely moving and left me in awe. Watching that the bribes between politicians was very routine in this situation was very unsettling. Since Paul is Hutu he is able to stay safe from the rebels and is able to persuade them with money and material items into moving his family which his wife and children are Tutsi, friends and neighbors that are Tutsi back to the hotel for their safety. But this later led to the United Nations bringing more Tutsi citizens and children to the Hotel since their refugee camps have become over filled, promising Paul that the UN will stay with soldiers, first aid, and supplies and protect the citizens to help stop the genocide. When the brutal Hutu milita began killings in the streets, ransacking houses and

Hotel Rwanda is the cinematic telling of the systematic genocide that occurred in the spring of 1994 in modern Africa. It depicts the boiling point of tense relations between two ethnic factions the Tutsi and the Hutu. The movie directed by Terry George, and starring Don Cheadle as Paul Ruseasabagina portrays the struggle of survival Paul endured as he sheltered over one-thousand refugees in a hotel to avoid the slaughter. The film employs the use of elements to convey the violent genocide that erupted as a result of the historic systematic suppression of the Hutu people that led to genocide and war.

The Rwandan genocide began on April 6th 1994 and lasted approximately one-hundred days, resulting in over 500,000 estimated dead civilians. The vast majority of deaths during Rwandan Genocide were not caused by a malicious state, but ordinary citizens. Even worse, there were few guns in Rwanda, especially not enough to arm such a large number of perpetrators. Thus, most of the casualties were brutally killed by hand with machetes and farming tools. The Rwandan genocide’s high death toll can be traced to Hutu majority in control of the country turning against Tutsi minority. Because the Hutu made up the majority of the population, there was no-where for the powerless Tutsi to hide. The Hutu pursued the Tutsi mercilessly and committed numerous crimes against humanity, including rape gangs infected with HIV, the killing and dismemberment of children, and the mass executions of thousands of people. Only under intense pressure and fear can a recently peaceful population ne converted into killing machines. The largest contributor to pressuring the Hutu to kill their Tutsi neighbors was the radio. Thus, The Rwandan Genocide was expedited and worsened through the Hutu majority’s use of the radio because they harnessed it to instill fear and resentment, encouraging the killing of Tutsi both directly and indirectly, and using the radio to cover up the extent of the conflict.

Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda is British italian South African drama directed in 2004 by Terry George. The story is based on the Rwandan Genocide, that occurred the spring of 1994. The Film goes into the political corruption,the genocide & the repercussion of violence.Some of the important characters in the movie was Paul Rusesabagina his wife Tatiana Rusesabagina and George Rutaganda etc.. If I have to summarize the movie basically there has been tension between the Hutu and Tutsi people which lead to a civil war in Rwanda.Paul Rusesabagina the manager of Hôtel des Mille Collines a Hutu and his wife Tatiana Rusesabagina a Tutsi are a happy loving couple with 3 children and they live a happy life until the Hutu military forces call wars against the Tutsis. Paul is forced to spring into action, allowing refugees to seek shelter in the hotel, once the UN (United Nations) backs out Paul is forced to work alone to protect the refugees. He keeps the hotel safe by bribery and bargaining with local dealers to get supplies like food, water, medical supplies, alcohol anything. And doing a little bit of investigation some things the movie didn’t show was the Presidents of Burundi(Cyprien Ntaryamira) and Rwanda (Juvénal Habyarimana) signed a peace treaty that there would be no more fighting between them and their countries, and the Hutus were not happy so on April 6th 1994 they were both killed due to a plane crash caused by a rocket

Human beings are fundamentally different creatures with distinguishing traits. The mind, then, automatically categorizes other humans into groups according to these factors (Aronson, Wilson, Akert, & Sommers, 2016, p. 415). This is not an inherently negative feature, but issues arise when categorization morphs into stereotype, discrimination, or even overt violence. History has seen this category-based-violence manifested into mass murder multiple times in the case of the Nazi extermination of Jewish people and other minority groups and the Armenian Genocide. In the case of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, about one million people, primarily Tutsi, were killed (Uvin, 2001, p. 75). During Belgian colonization, the Tutsi held the majority of the power, but the Hutus took power as the country gained independence from Europe (Bonner, p. 2). After regaining power, Hutu now had the means and opportunity to not only ensure they remained in the echelons of society and politics, but also eradicate the Tutsi, who they believed were disgustingly inferior, and enact revenge. Although the tragedy of this event and similar extinctions can never be justified, social psychological theories dealing with prejudice may help explain the reasons that led the Hutus to turn to egregious brutality.