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The definition of genocide as given in the Websters College Dictionary is The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national racial political or cultural group This definition depicts the situation in 1994 of Rwanda a small poor central African country The Rwandan genocide was the systematic extermination of over eight hundred thousand Tutsi an ethnic group in Rwanda by the Hutu another ethnic group in Rwanda In this essay I will briefly describe the history of the conflict of the Hutu and Tutsi the 100 days of genocide in 1994 and the affects of the massacre on the economy and the people of RwandaTo fully understand why this slaughter occurred we must first look at the history of the Hutu and the Tutsi In the early 1900s the Tutsi were placed in positions of power by Belgium because they looked whiter Governed by Belgiums racist way of thought ethnic identity cards were introduced The Catholic Church supported the Tutsi and the new social order and educated the Tutsi and imposed their religion on them Though the population of Rwanda was ninety percent Hutu they were denied land ownership education and positions of power In the 1950s the end of the colonial period the Hutu overthrew the Tutsi government The Hutu maintained the practices of ethnic division and the Tutsi were forcibly removed from positions of power Many Tutsi fled from Rwanda and were not allowed to return Many Tutsi that stayed in Rwanda were killed Supported by Uganda the Tutsi formed the Rwandan Patriotic Front a rebel army The rebel army was anxious to regain citizenship and their homes in Rwanda and began a civil war that lasted four years The world wide coffee market crashed and coffee being the main export of Rwanda led to unemployment and hunger of many Rwandans This along with pressure from Belgium forced the Hutu to agree to share power with the Tutsi This was a hoax for the
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