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.
To find the cause of the Rwandan genocide, many people had tried to follow the path of history from the colonialism of Rwanda to the Rwandan genocide. Belgium wanted to expand just like other powerful nations like Great Britain, Spain, and France due to the lack of space and resources provided to each nation in Europe. After the great discovery of Vasco de Gamma, many European ventured towards Africa to colonize territories. After the Berlin Conference of 1884, Belgium had colonized the territory of Rwanda. After colonization, they left the Tutsis in charge as opposed to Hutus because of the fact that the Belgians thought Tutsis had a Caucasian ancestry. After the Rwandan independence, power was given to the Hutus. After the power was given to the Hutus, the Hutus took revenge on the Tutsis which resulted in some killings. In the movie, Hotel Rwanda, President Habyarimana was killed. The killing was blamed on the Tutsis which caused the enraged Hutus to start the Rwandan Genocide. Although the initial cause of the genocide could be Belgian Imperialism, in the movie it was actually the killing...
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... be more aware about conflicts and how to prevent them.
Many lessons could be learned from these conflicts. First off, one must try to make a positive change in one’s surroundings. One should not just leave its environment knowing that he/she can make a positive change to it. During the Rwandan Genocide, the U.N. decided to break their ethics and do the exact opposite. Many soldiers stated that they are peacekeepers not peacemakers. Secondly, people should learn that the decisions they make will carry out throughout their lives and after their lives. The two tribes that went to war with each other did not realize what effects their actions would have on future generations. From these lessons maybe current generations and future generations could learn about the dark historical moments of past generations and how to keep this type of history from repeating itself.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the rwandan genocide included two tribes in rwanda: tutsis and hutus. this gruesome war lasted for a 100 days.
- Explains that many people tried to follow the path of history from the colonialism of rwanda to the rwandan genocide.
- Opines that the rwandan genocide could have been prevented and given rwanda a positive outlook if certain measures were taken.
- Explains that the rwandan genocide included two tribes in rwanda: tutsis and hutus. this gruesome war lasted for a 100 days.
- Explains that many people tried to follow the path of history from the colonialism of rwanda to the rwandan genocide.
- Opines that the rwandan genocide could have been prevented and given rwanda a positive outlook if certain measures were taken.
- Analyzes the impact of the conflict in rwanda on the rwandan people, including the declination of tutsis and hutus, and the political instability caused by habyarimana's death.
- Opines that nations should make more organizations that promote the spread of information throughout the world like the media.
- Compares the rwandan genocide and other similar conflicts in africa. the darfur conflict was about the arabs and non-arabs in sudan.
- Opines that lessons can be learned from the rwandan genocide. one should try to make a positive change in one’s surroundings.
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- Analyzes how the 1991 bor massacre revived an antagonism that overshadowed the southern rebels' fear of the islamic north.
- Opines that it is important to recognize the lack of action on the part of the international community, and to look toward a future where people have learned from the mistakes of past.
- Analyzes how the hutu government's radio broadcasts helped inflame the people into action against the tutsis.
- Analyzes how the 1991 bor massacre revived an antagonism that overshadowed the southern rebels' fear of the islamic north.
- Analyzes how the role of foreign players in africa added an element of instability to the internal conflicts that, in most cases, caused greater pain and suffering.
- Analyzes how the retaliatory violence by the united nations led to an escalation of the conflict in somalia.
- Analyzes how the relationship between the international community and the tutsi in rwanda was cultivated through colonialism.
- Analyzes how the film blood diamond helped bring awareness to the global trade of diamonds, but foreign interventions wasted huge amounts of money and resources to only exacerbate conflicts.
- Analyzes how poverty causes widespread famine, lawlessness, and a culture of violence born out of hopelessness and despair.
- Analyzes how rwanda, sudan, and somalia all had a lack of education. the hutu population was easy to influence and control, while solomon's sun dia was brainwashed by the ruf.
- Analyzes how the film hotel rwanda exposes the international community's disregard for the rwandan people and their willingness to leave them to be killed.
- Argues that the inept conduct of the united states and the un in somalia may have led to a political climate that no longer supported foreign intervention.
- Analyzes how the united states and israel spent a lot of money funding the southern fighters in sudan because of its links to muslim fundamentalism and terrorist ideologies.
- Analyzes the moral implications of aiding or abetting wars in foreign countries, and the dilemma of determining what aid will do in the short-term versus what will happen to the long-run.
- Analyzes how philip gourevitch tells of a rwandan minister of health who asks if the international community would send more humanitarian aid. the question of whether human beings will evolve out of the will to murder one another in conflicts spurred by one reason or another becomes most poignant.
2962 wordsRead More - The Causes Of The Rwandan Genocide In Rwandaexplanatory essayLooking back on what happened, many people are ashamed of the lack of response that the UN had when they heard of all the murders (The Triumph of Evil, n.d.). The genocide will always be remembered as an occurrence that could have been minimized or avoided completely with the proper aid. However, the past is the past. Rwanda survived and is now becoming a considerably prosperous country. Although civilians have moved on and new laws have been created to stop this sort of crisis from happening again, the memories of pain and horror people suffered with after the Rwanda Genocide will never be
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- Explains that the genocide in rwanda killed more than 800,000 civilians and sparked fear and panic that continued long after the "100 days of slaughter." the united nations watched without interfering to the extent that they were capable of doing.
- Explains that the mass murder took place in 1994 when the majority of the rwandan population was a part of hutus.
- Explains that the feud between the hutus and the tutsis continued to worsen after the killing of the rwandan president, juvenal habyarimana.
- Explains that the genocide in rwanda killed more than 800,000 civilians and sparked fear and panic that continued long after the "100 days of slaughter." the united nations watched without interfering to the extent that they were capable of doing.
- Explains that the mass murder took place in 1994 when the majority of the rwandan population was a part of hutus.
- Explains that the feud between the hutus and the tutsis continued to worsen after the killing of the rwandan president, juvenal habyarimana.
- Explains that the hutus used the genocide to stay in control of rwanda and get rid of the tutsi minority that they considered a threat.
- Explains that the united nations was created on october 24, 1945 shortly after world war ii to establish and maintain international peace and cooperation as well as help prevent future world wars.
- Opines that the un could have helped the genocide without fully immersing themselves in the conflict.
- Opines that rwanda's genocide could have been prevented by the united nations, but it survived and is now a prosperous country.
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