Genocide in Rwanda

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The paper relates that the distinction between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes was fundamentally based in land, cattle and political access. The paper further relates that Hutu and Tutsi people on an individual basis were able to overcome their differences and develop friendships and even marital alliances. The paper explains, however, that with the incursion of European colonialism, first Germany and then Belgium, European considerations of power came to the forefront and they introduced racial and ethnic tensions that linger until this day.

From the Paper:

"Today, the Tutsi tribe is most famous as the victims of one of the most notable acts of genocide of recent memory, in the Hutu-lead African nation of Rwanda. But the history of the Tutsis is a long and complicated one that cannot be surmised in a news article or a caption below a sad photograph. More than four hundred years ago, the Tutsi tribe settled in an area of what is now predominantly known as the African nation of Rwanda, while they were searching for more fertile land on which to graze their cattle. The land was then populated by the more numerous Hutu tribes and the less populous Twa tribe."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "The Hutus and the Tutsi: Group 1." American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: WCL. 2008.http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/rwanda/jigsaw1.pdf?rd=1
• Lehrer, Jim. "The Heart of the Conflict." Online News Hour. PBS.com. 5 Mar 1999.2 Mar 2008. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june99/hutus_tutsis.html
• Radzievich, Nicole. "Hutus, Tutsi, struggle towards resolution." Collegian. 16 Jan 1997. 2 Mar 2008. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1997/01/01-16-97tdc/01-16-97d01-004.htm
• "Rwanda History." We Are One. 4 Dec 2005. 2 Mar 2008.http://www.weareone.org.uk/rwandahistory.htm
• "The Tutsi: In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa 1885-1960." National Museum of African Art. Smithsonian Institute. 2 Mar 2008.http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/focus/tutsi.html

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