Rwanda Genocide Research Paper

From 1914 to the present, one of the most powerful trends of the postwar era was the importance of the developing world and their desire for independence. Nationalism was an important factor in the growing independence movements in Sub- Saharan Africa. Regardless of political changes, social conflict and tensions remained a problem. Tensions between Europeans and Africans, which had been a problem since the Europeans’ arrival and social unrest in communities didn’t change.

One of the most prominent genocides that has occurred within the century was not only the Holocaust in 1940s, but also occurred in 1994 in Rwanda… which eventually would be referred to as a “preventable genocide” (p. 447). Rwanda was considered this because, “…On the one hand, it is possible to isolate the key developments that led step by step from the earliest colonial period in Rwanda to the genocide a full century later. On the other, there was nothing inevitable about this process” (p. 447). The genocide that occurred within Rwanda initiated between the two main groups of the country… the Tutsi and the Hutu. The genocide would last for roughly one-hundred days of which, “During 100 days in 1994, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Rwandan Tutsi

Furthermore, I will discuss the dichotomy of languages throughout the country, and how public media exacerbates this particular cleavage. Finally, I will argue that there has been significant political reform. However, the situation in Kenya will always create a fear of ethno-political mobilization.

In human history, atrocious genocides are not uncommon. This particular event is especially important because it represents that the structure of society is flawed and can easily deteriorate. The acknowledgment can only deem to be a virtue, whereas ignorance could put society in a quandary. When we feign ignorance towards former events, we are instilling the mentality of staying a blind eye to future generations. The Rwandan Genocide serves as an example of genocide that is overlooked in history. The Rwandan Genocide was a recent event that happened in history; it only happened 21 years ago. To speak out about the barbaric circumstances are essential to changing society and preventing such a horrific event from ever occurring again, but most

Mankind’s desire to understand their environment often produces misjudgements when the simple answer displaces the more complex yet correct one. In his novel Things Fall Apart, author Chinua Achebe advocates for the ignored story of Africa, demonstrating that although it is easier to label the unfamiliar as chaotic, it is much more worthwhile to comprehend another culture than to judge it. As more information provided about the village of Umuofia, the presence of established order becomes undeniable.

Community, Identity, and Stability is a large element of a functional society. The choice between feelings and emotional attachments both have pros and cons, both work but may have backfires as well. Sacrificing emotional attachments will not be a beneficial sacrifice because everybody would be limited and restricted power, and nobody will be able to think for themselves or have any likes or dislikes. If they would sacrifice emotion nobody would be able to advance in the society, where normally one´s interest bring more knowledge to share to others. When all sense of feelings are taken away it will be easy for one person to take advantage of others if given the opportunity. These points make a strong edge with evidence to make a perfect argument.

The country of Rwanda comprises an old kingdom that spanned several hundreds of years, established, ruled and ran by a people who spoke the language Kinyarwanda. Within its years, these people split into two groups namely the Hutu and the Tutsi. It is unclear why, but it is speculated that it may have been because of the different occupations they took; the Hutu being farmers and the Tutsi raising cattle. The Tutsi, despite

Coethinicity argues that tribal identification is the most socially salient identity in Kampala, Uganda. Based on a series of experiments, the authors of Coethnicity found that homogenous ethnic identity was crucial to the pursuit of the common good based on the shared ethnic norm of reciprocity. Contrary to this idea, I will argue that this assumption is empirically questionable and ultimately unhelpful in the broader quest to understand how “ethnicity” and politics relate because there are other factors involved that Coethnicity does not take into account. Before expanding on this idea I will first offer a deeper account into Coethnicity’s findings. Next, I will develop my argument using the ideas of Burbanker, Bates, and Posner. With these accounts I will demonstrate Coethnicity over simplifies politics in Africa and there other factors that should be considered like motivation and other external factors.

Ethnic, racial and religious discrimination has been a well-known topic across the world, for many centuries and to this day it’s still a very complicating factor in our society. Cities and countries is divided by issues such as religion or even the color of the skin. We can see issues like these that has caused wars across the world through history and by now. We would think that people would know better than that, but we still see wars based on religious differences and hierarchies between the social classes. In the short story “Saving Mr Ugwu” by Lin Anderson the conflicts between skin color, ethnicity and religion is shown through the consequences of the nigerian civil war that, divided ethnic groups more than they

December last year marked the 50th anniversary of the independence of Kenya, our beloved nation. It was a moment of merry making as we all cheered and welcomed the golden jubilee from within and without. Celebrations, from national to grass roots level were set on fire to kick-start this great jubilee when the founding fathers of the nation assumed independence from the British colony. As we celebrated the great milestones achieved by the country, we were challenged from all four corners by unmet goals, which still pose a problem to the entire Kenyans. These challenges include illiteracy, unemployment, corruption, insecurity, amongst others. It will not be surprising enough that the list could grow up to the fiftieth mark, just like the same way we are talking of fifty years of independence. Kenya, of course, is not sailing in this boat alone and as an African child; she is accompanied by many other countries in celebration of their independence and problems too. Many countries across the continent gained their independence in, or after, the 1960’s. This came at a cost of fighting (and employing absolute violence) the Europeans even to the point of shedding blood. Freedom was later achieved and the continent became free as the colonizers hanged up their boots.

It is important to note that the “centralized state” in Kenya has enhanced ethnicity in the country. Up to the inauguration of the 2010 constitution, it is worth to note that the President as well as the ruling politicians was able to relate to the state in an “instrumental” manner. Battera (2013) continues to argue

Migrants, despite their separate collection of lifestyles, have a common need to negotiate their inclusion into the national community that dissimilar to that of their ethnic heritage. Strategic representation is needed to collaborate their identities as migrants with their claims to inclusion. Of course, some migrant children born in their parents’ host country may find themselves at odds with the previous generations’ methods, and struggle to make themselves out as people who grow alongside the national community. Ultimately, it is a matter of what migrants and their children intend for themselves in terms of character and identity that enables them to form a deliberated relationship with the neighboring locals. There are always distinctive ways of going about cultivating the migrants’ status as outsiders, or people who do not belong amongst the locals, whether or not they realize it, Migrants collaborate their individual and collective representations of belonging accordingly with what they intend for themselves to be while taking into account the isolating perceptions of the present national community.

Peacebuilding is about finding the root causes of conflicts and formulating strategies to stop the reformation of said conflicts. 22 years after apartheid, the effects still linger on in South Africa as peacebuilding and a reconciliation process is still incomplete. Examples of the incomplete peacebuilding and reconciliation process can be attributed to the recent xenophobic violence plaguing South Africa to date. Xenophobia is the dislike or fear of people from foreign countries. The heart of South Africa’s conflict is it’s debate with the meaning of the word “foreigner”. It is usually recognized as someone who is a non national from Africa and Asia in South Africa. People from America and Europe are not grouped as being a foreigner in the South African sense but rather

The trajectory of this paper is within the purview of Conflict Resolution and Management. However, it traverses a historical path that takes us back to the era of colonialism in Africa, the Afrocentric Movement leading to independent African states and how this all coalesces into a formula of how to (or rather how not to) deal with differences that have the potential to dynamically incinerate conflicts, both ethnical (or racial) and

Recent events in Kenya have cast a disturbing light on the depth and complexity of social distress in the country. The conflict arising from the disputed presidential elections has roots in