Rwandan Genocide
Shemeka Cha’KyLa McLean
Mrs. Jamie K. Wilson
English II Honors
08 May 2012
The Rwandan Genocide Have you ever heard of generational curses? Do you believe something that may have happened thousands of years ago can still affect you today? And possibly affect your children and grandchildren? Generation is defined as the years between parents and their offspring. A curse is defined as wishes or formula that is meant to cause evil or misfortune to a certain group of people or an individual person. This means that generational curses are defined as evil or misfortune that has been spoken to parents and their offspring that continues until broken. The genocide that took place in Rwanda, a nation in East Africa, is considered a generational curse because of the effects that it is having on Rwandan Youth today. Which poses the question how did the Rwandan Genocide affect the next generation of Rwandan Hutus’ and Tutsis’?
The Rwandan Genocide began on April 6 1994 in Rwanda, Africa. This occurred when the political leaders of the Hutu nation blamed the Tutsi minority for the political, social and economic issues that Rwanda was facing. The Tutsi nation was also accused of supporting a Tutsi dominated rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front also known as RPF. President Habyarimana, who was a Hutu, increased division between the Hutu and Tutsi nation by using propaganda. On April 6 1994 a plane carrying President Habyarimana was shot down. No one knows who shot the plane but two suspects are the Rwandan Patriotic Front or Hutu extremist who opposed negotiation with the Rwandan Patriotic Front. There is no doubt that this event is what started the genocide. The goal of the Hutu nation was to eliminate everyone that was a part of the Tutsi nation this includes children. They also went after members of the Hutu nation who were helping Tutsi they called these people cockroaches. They also had Hutu soldiers target orphanages where Hutu children were staying;
Mrs. Jamie K. Wilson
English II Honors
08 May 2012
The Rwandan Genocide Have you ever heard of generational curses? Do you believe something that may have happened thousands of years ago can still affect you today? And possibly affect your children and grandchildren? Generation is defined as the years between parents and their offspring. A curse is defined as wishes or formula that is meant to cause evil or misfortune to a certain group of people or an individual person. This means that generational curses are defined as evil or misfortune that has been spoken to parents and their offspring that continues until broken. The genocide that took place in Rwanda, a nation in East Africa, is considered a generational curse because of the effects that it is having on Rwandan Youth today. Which poses the question how did the Rwandan Genocide affect the next generation of Rwandan Hutus’ and Tutsis’?
The Rwandan Genocide began on April 6 1994 in Rwanda, Africa. This occurred when the political leaders of the Hutu nation blamed the Tutsi minority for the political, social and economic issues that Rwanda was facing. The Tutsi nation was also accused of supporting a Tutsi dominated rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front also known as RPF. President Habyarimana, who was a Hutu, increased division between the Hutu and Tutsi nation by using propaganda. On April 6 1994 a plane carrying President Habyarimana was shot down. No one knows who shot the plane but two suspects are the Rwandan Patriotic Front or Hutu extremist who opposed negotiation with the Rwandan Patriotic Front. There is no doubt that this event is what started the genocide. The goal of the Hutu nation was to eliminate everyone that was a part of the Tutsi nation this includes children. They also went after members of the Hutu nation who were helping Tutsi they called these people cockroaches. They also had Hutu soldiers target orphanages where Hutu children were staying;