Rwandan Rwanda And The Rwandan Genocide - 1896 Words

Introduction In the spring of 1994, more than eight thousand Rwandans were murdered, slaughtered, and bodies piled up upon the streets in less hundred days. But yet, the only reason this genocide had actually stopped, was at the cost of the Rwandan Patriotic Army, a militant group primarily composed of Rwandan refugees whom reclaimed Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Yet, before the Rwandan genocide occurred, for many years, tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi had growth to extreme measures and lead to far more than just disputes- it lead to the Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan Genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority in which the Hutu were the ones attempting to overrule the colony in†¦show more content†¦In 1912, there were actually few changes, especially when it came down to the Tutsi and their missionaries. They were entitled and felt as if their had the right to more a aristocracy system rather than a system based off christianity . Therefore this idea began to promote a different ideology and and conversions began. These changes were not only due to the new ideas that that got all of the colonised world, but yet, it tend to be avoided one that consequently altered the way they governed their land, and it was an unforeseen event. But even though this was an unforeseen event, social relationships became more grimmer and full on conflict concerning the structure of society and retaining the terms of power, which for the Hutu, in terms of power, had become less and less in a way of making money for them. The old oppressive forms were seen as too harsh, therefore, they didn’t with stand and began to lose their real power and it was evident that their ‘cultural legitimacy’ weary away. In such an unstable/shifting atmosphere, the church began to favor the growth of a ‘Hutu counter-elite’. Since there was war around this time, the church was thinking about different approaches to bec ome this stable quality state. In 1915, there was as many black priests as there were white.These clergy were mostly Tutsi, since at the time, they were