Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in? The city the movie takes place is in Kigali (which is a city in Rwanda) 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? The country that supplied the Hutus with machetes was China and each one cost 10 cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s hotel. The guests a Paul’s hotel were rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested
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Belgium’s ruled over Rwanda they split the country up into two groups or tribes‚ the Hutus and the Tutsis. When the Belgium’s ruled they put the Tutsi tribe in command. The Tutsis were very cruel and mean to the Hutu tribe‚ but when the Belgium’s left Rwanda they put the Hutu tribe in charge of the country. When the Hutus were in charge they built up there army and imported many supplies but they didn’t attack the Tutsis until one night. The Hutu president was on a flight on his private plane when it
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The Rwandan Genocide was one of the world’s worst genocide ever that left several people without families‚ and brought a divide in the country between two ethnic groups‚ the Tutsi and the Hutu‚ and people are still dealing with the effects to this day. The main parties that acted in the Rwandan Genocide were the Hutu‚ the Tutsi‚ the United Nations‚ the United States‚ Belgium‚ France‚ and some neighboring countries of Rwanda were also involved. According to “Rwandan Genocide‚” the cause of the genocide
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called the Hutus and the Tutsis. The break out of the genocide was an effect of longstanding competition and rivalry between the Hutu people who had come to power during this rebellion and the Tutsi people who were being targeted in the genocide. The Hutu people were not always in power in Rwanda (Doc. 7). During the time of Belgium colonial power in Rwanda the Tutsis took over the land and held control over the Hutus. Once the colonial power left Rwanda the Hutus took power. After the Hutus took power
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towards the Tutsis (Belgium had once ruled over Rwanda). The Belgians concluded that the Tutsis were superior to the Hutus‚ two similar ethnic groups living In Rwanda. After 20 years‚ the Hutus had enough and they started a revolution that drove nearly away 300‚000 Tutsis ("The Rwandan Genocide"). The Hutu Revolution granted Rwanda independence and the Hutus created their own government. Years afterwards‚ Rwandan exiles‚ mostly Tutsi
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debates on the causes of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The 1994 Rwandan genocide was a picture of killing moderated by extremist Hutus against Tutsis. An estimated 800‚000 people where killed (www. hrw.org). The essay will show that the causes of the Rwandan
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in one of the worst genocides of the 20th Century. Tutsis and their Hutu supporters (the two ethnic groups in Rwanda) were massacred by Hutu militias‚ who encouraged ordinary citizens to kill their Tutsi neighbours. Between April and July 1994‚ while Europe and America looked on‚ this African nation was plunged into a state of severe panic and fear. Ethnic Tension: Tutsis and Hutus Though considered two different ethnic groups‚ the Tutsis and Hutus speak the same language‚ inhabit the same regions
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Belgium took control of Rwanda in 1994 after world war 1 was over‚ and they divided them into different groups called Hutus and Tutsis. To keep control and keep track of them they gave them cards that say if there Hutu or Tutsis. They thought the Tutsis were more white looking. There was a big effect‚ the Tutsis wanted more independence and they were being impatient and the Hutus were getting mad‚ they had know idea what was coming that affected their lives. The Imperialists
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the mass murdering of over 800 000 Tutsi people‚ was one of the shortest but largest civil wars in earths history. Its cause‚ which is still debated about by historians today‚ has been a controversial topic since its occurrence. While it was sparked directly by the death of the Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana (a Hutu) when his plane was shot down‚ many believe that it was the build up of events leading up to this that primarily caused the genocide. The Tutsi and Hutu division began much before
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manslaughter of five hundred thousand to estimated about one million Tutsi had persevered for only one hundred days. The capital of Rwanda is Kigali‚ Rwanda‚ currency is the rwandan franc‚ and life expectancy is forty years old.The method of human communication in Rwanda is Kinyarwanda‚ French‚ English‚ Kiswahili. In 1994‚ the country’s population had about seven million people there was about eighty five percent Hutus‚ fourteen percent tutsi and one percent Twa. The gross domestic product per capita in
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