Hutu

Geographical Location The Hutu, which is also called the Bahutu, is a Bantu ethnic group. The Hutu are inhabitants of the African Great Lakes arena of Africa. The Hutu primarily reside in Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Approximately 84% of Rwandans are Hutu and 85% of Burundians are Hutu (Gwin, 2014). The remainder of the population is the Tutsi and the Twa. The Hutu has the greatest population of all four of the central ethnic groups located in Rwanda and

by showing the past altercations between the Hutu and Tutsi. When you go think about it, what made the Hutu better than the Tutsi? They both lived in the same environment, lived similar lives, wore similar clothing, worshiped the same religion, spoke the same language, and ate the same types of food. There were no physical differences because they were both black people with similar physical appearances. The only other option could be that the word Hutu is shorter than the word Tutsi. Other than that

are extremely religious and the country consists of a prominence of three different religions: Christianity, Islam, and indigenous beliefs. Christianity is the largest religion, and the biggest holiday is Christmas. It is believed that most of the Hutu are generally Christian, and that most of the Tutsi are Muslim, which is why they tend to be so hateful towards one another. In 2009 the government passed law in which criminalized homosexuality. Any person found guilty of

The year is 1994, and Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of Hôtel des Les Milles Collines and a Hutu, lives a happy and successful life with his Tutsi wife and three kids. During the conflict against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Paul struggle to house over one thousand Tutsi and Hutu refugees from being slaughtered by the Hutu militia. The two primary causes of genocide as portrayed in the movie are the RTML radio station and the UN lack of support. Hutus and Tutsis have an ethnic tension that is everlasting

a mass murder, and a children’s show teaching the value of equality. People all across the world have fought and died for equality, the same being said for the opposing side. In Hotel Rwanda there are two sides to the community. The Tutsi and the Hutu, a division made by Belgian colonizers. Apparently the lighter and taller Rwandans were treated better in the duration of the Belgians visit, these were the Tutsi. But after leaving, this conflict continued on for the rest 20th century and well into

Rivalries between neighboring areas have historically led to violent altercations. This is especially the case in Rwanda, between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes that founded the nation. Their relationship was not like that at first- the tensions seemed to increase when European powers intervened with the tribes. When Rwanda became independent, the malicious competition continued because the tribes had become accustomed to it and adopted it on their own. It is so implanted in their culture that even the

Plan of Investigation This investigation will seek to answer the question “How Did the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 Effect the Hutu and Tutsi?” I chose this question because last year I read the book Left to Tell and I wanted to know more about the two different types of groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. This was and still is an important topic because many died that day just for belonging to a specific group. This topic shows how much our world has changed since 1994. In order to answer my historical

The Hutu and the Tutsi are two different racial groups in Rwanda. The group that owned most of the cattle in Rwanda was called the Tutsi and everyone else was the Hutu. Now if an individual wanted to become a Tutsi they just had to marry into this group or acquire cattle. First the Belgians gave the Tutsi who were only 10 percent of the population all the leadership roles in the government. This upset the Hutus since they were 90 percent of the population in Rwanda. Eventually the Belgians

population the Hutu, and the minority population the Tutsi, violence broke out leading to the beginning of a full fledged genocide that began on April 6, 1994, and would take between 500,000 to 1 million lives of the Rwandan people. The sociological perspective that lead to the beginning of this genocide is extremely unique, as most ethnic conflict and violence in history has occurred due to a conflict within two ethnic groups beliefs and cultures, yet in the case of the Tutsi and Hutu, they had very

the population was mostly Hutu (84%) and had two minorities, Tutsi (15%) and Twa (1%). (Hoex, 2010) The perpetrators of the genocide were the Hutu majority and the victims were the Tutsi. In order to