Persuasive Essay On Rwanda Genocide
In just three months, from April to July of 1994, more than half a million Tutsi people were murdered. Some sources say that the Rwandan genocide should be renamed “The genocide against the Tutsi” because not both groups were affected. The mass killing took place in Rwanda, located in Africa near the equator. It is one of the most populated countries in Africa, and is also one of the poorest countries in the world. The feud started because Rwanda was under the Belgian administration and the Tutsi were being treated better than the Hutu people were (Longman 2-3).
In Rwanda two people lived. The Hutu occupied the majority of the population, while the Tutsi people made up the rest. These two groups lived together in Rwanda for many years with …show more content…
They developed a common culture and language with each other. Over the course of 10 years, conflict escalated very quickly. There were disagreements and unfair treatments that caused the turn of events. It all started to shift when the Belgians became the official administrators for Rwanda. The Belgians favored Tutsi over the Hutu. They gave the Tutsi opulence. They also made the people of Rwanda carry around identification of weather they were Hutu or a Tutsi. The Hutu, fighting for their equal rights, rebelled against the Tutsi. After the king died, they soon elected a new leader. They voted on a new Hutu president, Habyarimana, who wanted to change some things within the Rwandan government. Not everyone agreed with the new changes. The Tutsi, marching in with full force and unhappy about the new government, started to fight and rebel. They rebelled by shooting down Habyarimana’s plane on April 1994. This is where the tides turned. The Hutu people were furious and could not fathom the news that their president was shot down and killed. The killings began only minutes after the news was heard. So, going after their political opponent, started the massacre. The Hutu were killing children, mothers, and families of the Tutsi. These mass killings went on nonstop for three solid months. During this time, almost one million Tutsi people were killed. That is three quarters of the entire Tutsi population
In Rwanda two people lived. The Hutu occupied the majority of the population, while the Tutsi people made up the rest. These two groups lived together in Rwanda for many years with …show more content…
They developed a common culture and language with each other. Over the course of 10 years, conflict escalated very quickly. There were disagreements and unfair treatments that caused the turn of events. It all started to shift when the Belgians became the official administrators for Rwanda. The Belgians favored Tutsi over the Hutu. They gave the Tutsi opulence. They also made the people of Rwanda carry around identification of weather they were Hutu or a Tutsi. The Hutu, fighting for their equal rights, rebelled against the Tutsi. After the king died, they soon elected a new leader. They voted on a new Hutu president, Habyarimana, who wanted to change some things within the Rwandan government. Not everyone agreed with the new changes. The Tutsi, marching in with full force and unhappy about the new government, started to fight and rebel. They rebelled by shooting down Habyarimana’s plane on April 1994. This is where the tides turned. The Hutu people were furious and could not fathom the news that their president was shot down and killed. The killings began only minutes after the news was heard. So, going after their political opponent, started the massacre. The Hutu were killing children, mothers, and families of the Tutsi. These mass killings went on nonstop for three solid months. During this time, almost one million Tutsi people were killed. That is three quarters of the entire Tutsi population