Deforestation In Rwanda

Just like the Holocaust, each citizen in Rwanda had a card indicating what tribe they belonged to. The genocide ended 3 months later when the Rwanda Patriotic Front took control of the Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. The article examines how the country has changed so much since the genocide occurred. Jean-Claude starts to remember what life had

Summary: This website has pictures, maps, and graphs. The information is factual and isn't someone's opinion. There are personal interviews to help give personal insight. It had 3 links of related content. It talked about how things were with the Rwandan people 20 years after the genocide.

There was a huge power struggle going on between the Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s. Source B shows how after the long running rule of the Tutsi’s, 1959 came around with the death of the last Tutsi king of this Monarch, resulting in riots and revolts from the Hutu people, killing hundreds of Tutsi people all in order to gain change and gain power. In the 1960’s Rwanda gained its independence and was soon ruled by a Hutu government in 1961. This, with reason, left the Tutsi people feeling very betrayed and angry at the fact that their beloved power had been ripped from them. Therefore, immensely increasing the tension between these groups resulting in further dissatisfaction coming from both groups and a feeling of mutual hate

Haguma said in a BBC article. Due to this decrease in agriculture, the economy took a direct hit since there was no source of income. Even years after, Rwanda is still affected by their economy, having a GDP of $20.32 billion as of 2015. Their GDP is significantly lower compared to the United States, which has a GDP of $17.97 trillion as of 2015. In addition to genocides having an impact on economy, they also have social effects like the use of child soldiers.

The University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/rwanda. Accessed 23 March 2023. “Rwandan Genocide - Facts, Response & Trials - History.” History.com,

The Rwandan Genocide was an event that resulted from decades of inner conflicts between Rwanda’s two main ethnic groups. This groups are the Hutus and the Tutsis, the conflict started in 1962 when under the Belgian rule the Tutsis were majorly favored than the Hutus. The reasons being that the Tutsis were originally the nation’s landowners, they had a more purified and noble appearance and they were much taller than the Hutus. The Tutsis were benefiting majorly they were granted access to education and economic privileges, while the Hutus were underprivileged and disenfranchised. Belgian rule also introduced 2 key elements these were Christian missionaries and modern weaponry.

Deforestation has led to another of many reasons of global warming and low rainfall, which can affect crops for farmers. How it affects resources, services and finance and etc- In resources, deforestation provides a lot of different type of oil, like palm oil and lumber, cattle ranching, farming, buildings, paper, homes, furniture and urbanization. Even though it decreases a natural resources, many different types of other resources are created as a result. Since it provides people with enterprise, it can benefit the distribution of trade with other countries, and increase job opportunities.

Consequently, in order to preserve and secure their rule, Belgian colonialists started promoting Hutus. While Tutsis wanted independence from the Belgian colonial government, the Hutus pursued ‘social justice’ and Rwanda gained its independence in 1962. Following independence, the Hutu majority seized power and reversed the roles, oppressing the Tutsis through acts of violence. This forced the Tutsi to migrate out of Rwanda to ensure that they were not involved. Tutsis remaining in Rwanda were stripped of much of their wealth and status under the regime of Juvénal Habyarimana, installed in 1973.

Hotel Rwanda directed by Terry George and released in 2004, is one of the films that most accurately depict the reality of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. This genocide marks one of the most bloody and abrupt in the history of genocides where the Tutsi began slaughtering the Hutu. The story is told through the main character Paul Rusesabagina’s heroic acts as a hotel manager and his dedication to his family and people. The story centers on him and his family sheltering Hutu refugees at the Mille Colline Hotel in Kigali, resisting the Tutsi rebels as they began the massacre of Hutu families almost overnight. The film clearly portrays how and why the genocide began and it is through this that theoretical concepts such as ethnic violence and ethno-political mobilization can be drawn.

Finally in July, the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front), a group of Tutsi trying to stop it, captured the town Kigali, and the government collapsed (“Rwanda: How the Genocide Happened-BBC News”). When it was obvious that

When the Rwanda genocide began in 1994, its population stood at more that 7 people. Roughly 85% of the population was Hutu, 14% Tutsi, and 1% Twa (un.org). The decades following Rwanda’s independence from Belgium in 1962 saw growing ethnic tensions and periodic violent attacks and reprisals between Rwanda’s Hutu majority and its Tutsi minority. On April 6, 1994, the deaths of the Presidents of Burundi and Rwanda in a plane crash caused by a rocket attack, ignited several weeks of intense and systematic massacres.

In April to July of 1994, a populous ethnic group called the Hutu slaughtered at least 800,000 people in Rwanda, Africa. Rwanda was split into three ethnic groups: The Twa, the Hutu, and the Tutsi. Majority of the people of Rwanda were Hutu, and the minority were the Tutsi. Although the Tutsi were the minority, the overall rule of the Kingdom of Rwanda were Tutsi. When Belgium received control over Rwanda, they invented an identification system to the people.

The genocide was an after affect of the scramble for Africa by European countries who help no regard for the people who already lived their. In the scramble for Africa many European countries raced to make claims on land in Africa that was already lived on by natives, they mistreated the natives and killed and enslaved many of them. This was prevalent in Rwanda when the belgians imperialized the land. The belgians sent the Hutus who were the majority of the population into slavery and lead to mass deaths of their people. But they lead the land through another ethnic group the tutsis who made up about 15% of the population compared to the 85% population of Hutus.

Rwanda has a history of deep rooted conflict which originates back to when it was once a colony of Germany. Once it became a colony of Belgium after world war one this conflict also came with it, The conflict that exists is thus of two ethnic tribal groups the; Hutus and the Tutsis and their strong hatred of one another. Rwandans myths seems to indicate that Hutu and Tutsi identities did exist before the colonization but the hatred of two predominate ethnic tribal groups of one another only came into existence after colonization. This conflict between them has nothing to with religion, race or language it is to do with territory and the ownership of Rwanda. It is because of the colonies exploitation and classification of the Rwandan people into“an ethnic group” that the conflict seemed to come to a head.

Rwanda, officially known as the Republic of Rwanda, is a sovereign state in Central and East Africa. The capital of Rwanda is Kigali. Rwanda happens to be one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Rwanda, which is near the equator, is located in Central America and surrounded by land on all sides: on the north side is Uganda, on the east side is Tanzania, on the south side is Burundi, and on the west side is the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda gained their independence on July 1, 1962 and became their own free country.