Essay On Rwanda Genocide

Rwandan Genocide

This horrific event led to about a million of lives ending abruptly. It prevented some children from blooming into the beautiful flowers they could have been. It caused some adults to wither and die, losing their green and blooms. The conflict that caused this spiteful event was the Hutu being told to kill all Tutsis. This command originated from the Tutsis being accused of killing the Hutus’ president (“Genocide-Rwanda”). The party responsible for instigating this calamitous event included figures of authority from the Hutu. The victims were the Tutsis, being massacred without a care in the world. The motivation was scapegoating, for the Hutu inculpated the Tutsis for the death of their president. This genocide occurred in Rwanda, and lasted only one-hundred days (“The Shameful Legacy”). Although it lasted for a miniscule amount of time, it had a lasting impact; killing five-hundred thousand to one million people. It lasted from April 1994 to Mid-July 1994. It was orchestrated by people with high authority in the Rwandan government (“Rwandan Genocide”).

A man named Jean Louis Mazimpaka survived the Rwandan holocaust.

Now this lucky man is prosperous, has a loyal, kind, and loving wife, and has a daughter. All of his family members were involved in the genocide. He was told by one of his friends, who happened to be in the militia, that the persecutors were going after his family next. That night, his family and himself, stayed at a friend’s house. The next day, they traveled back to their house, and the entire thing was looted. The enemy eventually advanced on them, and they had to defend themselves. So, the whole population and the militia fought with all the spirit they could muster. They used machetes, sticks, clubs, and grenades. Some, but not many were able to escape. Jean Louis Mazimpaka, one year later, went back and was reminded of what he saw that previous year, appalling him

(Mazimpaka).
Jean Louis Mazimpaka coped with his traumatic experience by finding love with his wife and daughters. No actions that are known of have been taken to discipline the instigators of this despicable event. The genocide affected the land of Rwanda by dramatically ending the lives of a good amount of their population. It exposed brutality and rape to young children. Many thousands of children had become orphaned. It impacted Rwanda in may negative ways (Mazimpaka). To increase awareness, the survivors need to weave the story into a web, and spread that web, so something like this won’t happen again. Just like Jean Louis Mazimpaka, who spread his story around to the ignorant population. Some actions that could be taken to prevent an atrocious event like this from happening again would be educating all people about what happened. Another could be the survivors spreading their own account of what happened, to let their voices be heard, loud and clear (“Rwanda”).