Essays on Rwandan Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. It is understood by most to be the gravest crime against humanity that you could commit according to BBC News. It tears apart the lives of many innocent people and causes…

The Rwandan genocide is one of the most shocking and remembered events in human history when approximately 800,000 people died. Their population in 1994 was composed of 7 million people with three ethnic groups; the Hutus with 85% occupying the majority of the population, the…

For decades, oppressive regimes have always resorted to ruthless tactics to subjugate their own people. Genocide being one major method of preserving the status quo at the expense of vulnerable men, women, and children. Often times, the victims of this horrendous act go nameless. Their…

The name of my country is Rwanda. The capital is Kigali. They speak language like French, Kinyarwanda, English, and Swahili. It is also located in East African. Throwout this paper you will learn so much about Rwanda. How ruled is and how it is today…

During the years of 1990-1994 thousands of people were killed in the Rwandan Civil War because of exacerbating tensions between the Tutsi minority and Hutu majority. The civil war started when Rwandan outcasts shaped a gathering called the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and propelled a…

Genocide is the term is defined as the immoral crimes that the particular authority (government) can do against the people. Genocide is the goal to kill the people on the basis of race, beliefs or the political status. The term genocide was firstly created in…

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” ~ Desmond Tutu…

The social identity and the “us vs. them mentality” were clearly seen throughout the Rwandan genocide. In this piece, I chose to incorporate quotes from two sources, “Machete Season” by Jean Hatzfeld and the article titled “Hotel Rwanda Portrays Hero Who Fought Genocide.” In addition…

Throughout history, there have been many groups of people that have tried to eliminate in whole of an ethical, national, racial, religious, or sexual orientation group. That is what is called genocide; and there has been many genocides since the beginning of mankind and some…