The Unseen Genocide
explanatory Essay
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April 6, 2014, marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of a genocide that killed nearly 100,000 people. The Rwandan genocide of 1994 nearly wiped out the Tutsi population of the country in only the span of a few months. An estimated 10,000 people were murdered each day. Philip Gourevitch, a journalist who visited Rwanda in the aftermath of the genocide, gives this account: "Neighbors hacked neighbors in their homes, and colleagues hacked colleagues to death in their workplaces. Doctors killed their patients, and schoolteachers killed their pupils. Within days, the Tutsi populations of many villages were all but eliminated, and in Kigali prisoners were released in work gangs to collect the corpses that lined the roadsides. Drunken militia bands, fortified with assorted drugs from ransacked pharmacies, were bused from massacre to massacre. Radio announcers reminded listeners not to take pity on women and children." The world had never seen so many deaths so fast. It asks the question: how could something like this happen? The Rwandan Genocide was caused by three main factors: ethnic tensions between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes, the propaganda issued by the radical ideology Hutu Power, and the lack of action taken by other countries.
In order to understand the Rwandan genocide’s cause, it is important to have an understanding of the history of ethnic tension between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. The Rwandan Kingdom, which lasted from the 11th to 20th century, was traditionally led by a Tutsi king, or mwami. While the Hutus had some power, a majority of them were poor peasants. The end of the kingdom came when Belgium colonized Rwanda and identified the separate tribes with identity cards. The Tutsis were favored by the Belgians becaus...
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...and friends just to survive being killed by their hand. This was the reality that many Tutsis faced during those few months. Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, said, “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” The people of today are responsible for never forgetting the Rwandan Genocide. By examining the circumstances that made it possible, perhaps the people of the future will make sure that no genocide will ever happen again.
Works Cited
"100 Days of Slaughter." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2014.
Gourevitch, Philip. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998. Print.
Power, Samantha. "Bystanders to Genocide." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 01 Sept. 2001. Web. 15 Feb. 2014.
"Genocide in Rwanda." United Human Rights Council. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2014.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the rwandan genocide of 1994 nearly wiped out the tutsi population of the country in only the span of a few months.
- Explains the history of ethnic tension between the hutu and tutsi tribes in the rwandan genocide.
- Explains how the hutu ten commandments painted the tutsis as the "common enemy" and the u.n. took extensive measures to avoid taking action in rwanda.
- Explains that the rwandan genocide of 1994 nearly wiped out the tutsi population of the country in only the span of a few months.
- Explains the history of ethnic tension between the hutu and tutsi tribes in the rwandan genocide.
- Explains how the hutu ten commandments painted the tutsis as the "common enemy" and the u.n. took extensive measures to avoid taking action in rwanda.
- Explains gourevitch, philip, and power, samantha. "bystanders to genocide." atlantic media company.
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- Opines that the united states knew about the threat and turmoil in rwanda, but no moves were made to stop the killings.
- Explains that the potus administration, at that time, instructed their people to avoid calling the massacre genocide so that they wouldn't get the us involved.
- Explains that romeo dallaire was the commander of the un assistance mission in rwanda during the genocide.
- Explains the genocide that occurred in rwanda during 1994. the country's start was tormented by unjustifiable class structures and orders and out of line treating of group of its people.
- Opines that there was minimal global enthusiasm for rwanda both earlier and amid the genocide emergency.
999 wordsRead More - Rwandaanalytical essayRwanda is a nation made up of two culturally and ethnically distinct groups, the Tutsis and the Hutus, who live among each other in all parts of the country. Until the push for independence in 1959, the Tutsis largely controlled local Rwandan politics. After freedom from Belgium in 1962, however, Hutus assumed power, and held on to that power successfully throughout several coup attempts over the next two decades by Tutsis who had fled to neighboring regions as well as those within the country who were continually discriminated against. By 1975, the Hutu essentially ran the country, and the Tutsis’ original 17 percent of the population had been significantly reduced, both by emigration, forced exiling, and periodic “ethnic cleansing.”
In this essay, the author
- Recounts how rwandans were massacred by their own government in 1994. the united states and the united nations were reluctant to commit troops or money when a threat existed, and pressured the agencies to act quickly.
- Explains hintjens, helen m. explaining the 1994 genocide in rwanda, the journal of modern african studies, 1999.
- Explains that rwanda is a nation made up of two culturally and ethnically distinct groups, the tutsis and the hutus.
- Recounts how rwandans were massacred by their own government in 1994. the united states and the united nations were reluctant to commit troops or money when a threat existed, and pressured the agencies to act quickly.
- Explains hintjens, helen m. explaining the 1994 genocide in rwanda, the journal of modern african studies, 1999.
- Explains that rwanda is a nation made up of two culturally and ethnically distinct groups, the tutsis and the hutus.
- Argues that the u.s. knew about the rwandan genocide until april 20 and uses it as primary justification for the non-intervention.
- Argues that a maximum intervention of 15,000 troops would have saved 275,000 tutsis, but the u.s. government opposed the action because of international broadcasting agreements and the american commitment to free speech.
- Argues that the u.s.'s hesitation was due to its bias toward legitimate state actors and its fear of losing its own soldiers to an intervention.
- Cites a facsimile from maj. gen. roméo dallaire, force commander, un assistance mission for rwanda, and memorandum from deputy asst. sec. of defense for middle east/africa.
2090 wordsRead More - Rwanda Genocide Research Paperanalytical essayThe Rwandan genocide slid under the radar causing thousands of Tutsi to be slaughtered. To start, the term genocide will be defined, the origin will be explained, along with the eight generic stages. In Rwanda, the genocide inflicted immense division of the country and the world. The actions took by the Hutu classified these killings as a genocide, according the these following stages. The Rwandan Genocide didn’t come to a conclusion until the relief came to the Tutsi civilization. The Rwandan genocide which was initiated by the Hutu government, was because of the distrust of the Hutu towards the Tutsi, believing they were out setting a uprising to gain power over the Hutu.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the rwandan genocide slid under the radar causing thousands of tutsi to be slaughtered.
- Explains that genocide is purposeful killing, by government, of people, because of group identity, while the general definition is intentional killing of helpless people.
- Explains that raphael lemkin's personal experience of mass killings helped develop the definition of genocide. genocide is an international crime where people may be indicted, tried, and punished by the international court.
- Explains that the rwandan genocide slid under the radar causing thousands of tutsi to be slaughtered.
- Explains that genocide is purposeful killing, by government, of people, because of group identity, while the general definition is intentional killing of helpless people.
- Explains that raphael lemkin's personal experience of mass killings helped develop the definition of genocide. genocide is an international crime where people may be indicted, tried, and punished by the international court.
- Explains that genocide must adhere to 8 stages of a particular devising, ending in denial.
- Analyzes how the hutu and tutsi are an unusual example of identification without any significant cultural bias in rwanda.
- Compares rwanda's population of 85% hutu, 14% tutsi, and 1% twa during the genocidal period.
- Analyzes how the dividing line between the hutu and tutsi identities was determined by the occupation and political power, which turned into a fight. the plane shooting had to happen at the right time.
- Explains that the hutu classified the tutsi as malicious dogs yearning for authority. the u.s. had gained knowledge of the genocide but never helped immediately.
- Analyzes how the hutu saw the tutsi as despicable and disrespectful for shooting a plane with the president inside.
- Explains that the hutu forcibly raped tutsi women giving them stds. since 1959, there were around 120,00 refugees.
- Analyzes how the hutu government persuaded the people to turn on the tutsi and maliciously attack them. they were told that rwanda would prosper only if all their journalists were killed.
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