Imperialism In Rwanda

Why do you think imperialist countries has chosen a particular group in the country they colonized and made them feel superior to others.In Rwanda , the imperialist nation believed that Tutsi were born to be a leader , so the Tutsi were put in power.How did tensions between the two ethnic groups after decolonization sparked the Rwandan Genocide?

Years before the genocide took place, Rwanda was colonized by Belgium .The Belgians divided Rwanda population into two groups , the Hutu ,the Tutsi and Twa in order to strengthen their control of Rwanda. As stated by the American University Washington College Of Law Center For Human Rights And Humanitarian Law:“The colonists created a strict system of racial classification. The size of the nose and
Some 10 hours later, the killing of some Tutsi and of Hutu opposition members began. The actual genocide was launched soon thereafter” (IPEP,2000).The genocide was planned by members Hutu officials to carry out a massive genocide of the Tutsi minority.The genocide itself lasted for 100 days, resulted in nearly one million people dead.The people that were targeted were members of the Tutsi community and Hutus political opponents.

According to Wikipedia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was established by United Nation in 1994 after the Rwandan Genocide.The ICTR was set up to bring those responsible for the genocide to justice.The Rwandan genocide violated the international human right law by murdering , raping , kidnaping ,military of children, exterminating the Tutsi population.

The Rwandan genocide still has an effect on Rwanda today because Rwanda still recovering from the