Essays on Rwandan genocide

Introduction. The book Shake Hands with the Devil” centers on the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which shocked the world. The author, Romeo Dallaire, is the former head of the U.N. Peacekeeping Force that was deployed in Rwanda during the chaos. He tells us the story of the great evil where he and his men had to…

“An Ordinary Man” by Tom Zoellner explores the impact of the Rwandan Genocide on individuals. The book focuses on Paul Rusesabagina, a hospitality worker who displayed remarkable acts of kindness and conducted brave negotiations to save 1,268 Tutsis. Through this narrative, Zoellner introduces a distinct social hierarchy in Rwanda where historically the ruling class belonged…

The Holocaust in World War II, the Rwandan genocide and Stalin’s forced famine violated human rights. Human rights are natural rights that let you live an average life in society like everybody else in the world. These tragic events stripped people of their very basic right to life. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination…

“As a fourteen-year-old, killing is never on your mind. The only thing you think of is a happy life, going to school, and becoming someone someday” (Nishimwe 153). This is a quote from Consolee Nishimwe, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Jack Beaudoin defines genocide as “The systematic killing of a social, political, cultural,…

“I needed to be willing. I am willing god, I am willing but how?”, words from Immaculée Ilibagiza during a women’s conference called the Catholic Diocese of Arlington in 2017. She is now a respected and successful woman whom gives forgiveness talks and speeches all around the world. Immaculée lived through one of the world’s…

Discuss and analyze the similarities and differences between the genocides committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The Rwandan and Bosnian genocides were more similar than different. Both were ignited due to past tensions between two separate ethnicities, and both were supported by the governing force at the time. The newly created Hutu government…

The Rwandan Genocide was a very heartbreaking and mournful event in history, which left thousands of people devastated. As stated on United to End Genocide, “The Rwandan genocide is one of the heaviest moments in human history. An airplane crash in 1994 carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi provided a spark for an organized…