an atrocity that marked an age of unrest and violence in Central Africa. A nation unbalanced for years had finally imploded‚ leading to the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis. This genocide was the result of multiple things‚ creating instability and unbalancing the relationship between the Tutsis and the Hutus. Tensions built up for decades were finally released. While many would blame Belgium‚ Germany‚ and colonization for catalyzing the genocide‚ there were many other factors involved
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Once inside the church with thousands of other Tutsis‚ they took a few breaths of relief‚ thinking they were finally safe. Seconds later‚ Hutus storm the church with machetes‚ killing every single mother‚ father‚ and child in their paths. Madalena and Lucie luckily escaped and were able to hide with sympathetic people in the forest during the genocide. However‚ thousands of others were not so lucky. “By the end of the day‚ 11‚500 people had been murdered in and around the church. The next day‚ another 10‚000 Tutsis were killed in the football stadium
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groups were the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus were poor farmers they were the lower class or peasants and did not have a lot of resources or a lot of money. The Hutus was recognized as the ethnic majority of Rwandan. The Hutus appearances were quite different from the Tutsis. The Hutus were darker‚ shorter‚ and uneducated. The Tutsis were cattle farmers and were identified as a foreign race. The Tutsis were taller‚ skinnier‚ and well educated. Germany believed that the Tutsis were upper-class
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country was taken over by the Belgians. When the Belgian colonists arrived in 1916‚ they produced identity cards classifying people according to their origin. The Tutsis are often taller and thinner than Hutus‚ with some saying their origins lie in Ethiopia. The Belgians considered the Tutsis to be superior to the Hutus. Not surprisingly‚ the Tutsis
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helped save many Hutus from being killed by the Tutsi. Theme 1 which is Interaction Between Humans and the Environment applies in the movie. Theme 1 means the development of demography‚ disease‚ migration‚ patterns of settlement‚ technology etc. In the movie‚ the Tutsi are getting revenge on the Hutus because of years of humiliation and being treated like slaves. Throughout the movie‚ the Hutus migrate from their homes and then some to The Milles Collines to be hidden from the Tutsi rebels. Others
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The Hutu Tribe The culture of the Hutu and Tutsi tribes of Rwanda‚ Africa interests me for many reasons. One reason is that they are so diverse from our American way of life. Another reason is that I have heard a little bit about them in the news and by talking to people. This sparked my interest and made me want to learn more about them. I will cover a wide variety of information in my report. This will include the land where they live‚ their way of life‚ their history and ancestry‚ and what
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even more than twenty years ago‚ was the beginning of a genocide that changed our world forever. The Hutus planned and achieved a massacre to try wipe out the Tutsi and the moderate Hutu population in the African country of Rwanda. As the slaughter continued the rest of the world stood by and silently watched. This lasted one hundred days and killed nearly eight-hundred-thousand Tutsis and moderate Hutus. A few reasons that led up to the Rwandan Genocide‚ was the colonization of Belgium to Rwanda‚ culture
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into two major ethnic groups‚ the Huts and the Tutsis. Majority of Rwandans are Hutus who make up about 80 per cent of the population‚ and only about 15 per cent are Tutsis. These two ethnic groups shared the same language and culture‚ but there had been conflicts between the two groups that occurred during the colonial period. Rwanda was colonized by Belgians after the first World War. There had been racism going on during the colonial period‚ the Tutsis‚ who were seen to have more European characteristics
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protagonist Paul Rusesabagina‚ a house manager of a four star Hotel Milles Collines‚ who experienced this slaughter and acted as a superhero by sheltering more than 1100 Tutsis and Rwandans and saved their lives from the Hutu militia. The movie illustrates that there was an old historical conflict between two ethnic groups Hutus and Tutus‚ which planted the seeds of civil war which then molded into a massive genocide. There are a couple of scenes in the film‚ which shows the brief historical tribal
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comparing Tutsis and Hutus with Cain and Abel. In the first paragraph of the fourth chapter‚ Gourevitch begins to explain the story of Cain and Abel. “In the famous story‚ the older brother‚ Cain‚ was a cultivator‚ and Abel‚ the younger‚ was a herdsman. They made their offerings to God-- Cain from his crops‚ Abel from his herds. Abel’s portion won God’s regard; Cain’s did not. So Cain killed Abel” (Gourevitch 47). Later on in the chapter‚ Gourevitch says that‚ “Hutus were cultivators and Tutsis were
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