In five pages this paper discusses the horrific genocide practice in Rwanda in a consideration of causes, effects, aid organizations, and the role played by European colonialism. One source is cited in the bibliography.
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Killed With Our Families. This book highlights the ethnic divides and colonial roots of the tragedy, and leaves readers shocked that this event didnt inspire more international attention and
support. This book utilizes many powerful and touching stories of Rwandans, and readers are privy to their personal struggles. Genocide in Rwanda
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is a brilliant exploration of the situation of Genocide in Rwanda. This
story comes alive through the stories of real people which are presented, and their struggles and hardships illuminate the reader on the oppression and ethnic strife of this land.
Readers cannot help but be shocked by these stories in this book and to be outraged by the force of human destructiveness.
This is the story of nearly one million Rwandans, who were massacred in the summer of 1994. However, there were many contributing factors in this massacre.
Basically, a group of Hutu extremists incited the genocide, and inspired fellow Hutus to kill Tutsi civilians and unsympathetic Hutus. "Considering the enormity of the task, it is tempting
to play with theories of collective madness, mob mania, a fever of hatred erupted into a mass crime of passion, and to imagine the blind orgy of the mob, with
each member killing one or two people" (Gourevitch, 1999, p. 17). The rate of killing was staggering, yet Rwanda received very little international press attention or support from Western
governments. I asked Joseph, the man who was giving me a ride, whether Rwandans realize what a beautiful country