I have been reading about the Rwanda genocide.In Rwanda which is in central Africa,east of Democratic Republic of the Congo.In the 1920s Belgian ethnologists analyzed lots of Rwandans on analogous racial criteria.Documents were made giving each person a ethnic identity.The Belgians declared the group called the Tutsi to be superior over the Hutu.
The Tutsi started to rule over Rwandans.Before the Belgians came into Rwanda the Hutu and Tutsi were considered to be friends.They shared many traditions such as food,dance,drum, and spirituality.They could intermarry and people could be promoted and become a Tutsi or demoted and become a Hutu.
In 1994 the genocide began the Hutu rebelled against the Tutsi because they were superior.The genocide was the mass killing of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and sympathetic Hutu.The two Hutu groups that carried out the genocide was the Inerahamwe and the Impuzamugambi.The genocide was carried out for about 100 days ,from April through July.The death toll is between 800,000 to 1,000,000.The genocide ended when the Tutsi rebel movement known as the Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew the Hutu government and seized power.Thousands of Hutu and other refugees went to Zaire(the Congo).The tension between the Tutsi and Hutu then fueled the Burundi Civil War.
This event really connects to the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" because innocent Tom Robinsion was killed just because of his race.This was a major issue in the genocide lots of innocent people were killed because they were Hutu or Tutsi.This event connects to Romeo and Juliet in a few obvious ways.In the Rwandan genocide we have to major groups that hate each other so much they are willing to die.The only way that both their problems were solved was when the loss of lives were great.This event can also connect to the Odessey because in Rwanda they have been fighting forever just like the Greeks and the Trojans.Both groups have so much hatred. The movie Hotel Rwanda is a great movie that shows the tension between the to groups.I hope I hear your opinions on this event.
The Tutsi started to rule over Rwandans.Before the Belgians came into Rwanda the Hutu and Tutsi were considered to be friends.They shared many traditions such as food,dance,drum, and spirituality.They could intermarry and people could be promoted and become a Tutsi or demoted and become a Hutu.
In 1994 the genocide began the Hutu rebelled against the Tutsi because they were superior.The genocide was the mass killing of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and sympathetic Hutu.The two Hutu groups that carried out the genocide was the Inerahamwe and the Impuzamugambi.The genocide was carried out for about 100 days ,from April through July.The death toll is between 800,000 to 1,000,000.The genocide ended when the Tutsi rebel movement known as the Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew the Hutu government and seized power.Thousands of Hutu and other refugees went to Zaire(the Congo).The tension between the Tutsi and Hutu then fueled the Burundi Civil War.
This event really connects to the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" because innocent Tom Robinsion was killed just because of his race.This was a major issue in the genocide lots of innocent people were killed because they were Hutu or Tutsi.This event connects to Romeo and Juliet in a few obvious ways.In the Rwandan genocide we have to major groups that hate each other so much they are willing to die.The only way that both their problems were solved was when the loss of lives were great.This event can also connect to the Odessey because in Rwanda they have been fighting forever just like the Greeks and the Trojans.Both groups have so much hatred. The movie Hotel Rwanda is a great movie that shows the tension between the to groups.I hope I hear your opinions on this event.
2 comments:
That sounds really sad. I heard stories about how some of the fighting groups would come and kidnap children and force them to fight. If they fought they would die, but if they did not fight, they would get their hands cut off. In Africa having your hands cut off means you have no job oppertunities and you will die a beggar on the streets. These kids have no choice. Either choice will lead them to the same ending.
I have really bad stories about this. On time this man who had been working in this same part of Africa about this time was trying to help the Africans. This little boy came up to him and said for him to follow him. The little boy took him to this building. They walked inside and the guy looked around and the whole floor was colored in blood red. The boy then said,"This where my whole family died, my brothers, my parents, and my grandparents." Africa is really sad and I wish it could be more like Europe or North America.
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