The Role Of Collectivism In Rwanda

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In early April of 1994 the plane carrying the Rwandan and Burundian Presidents, was shot down. Right after a genocidal mass slaughter began in Rwanda. The Rwanda genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of the Tutsi and the moderate Hutu. The attacks were organized and committed by members of the Hutu paramilitary organizations and by people who once had been the victim’s friends or neighbors. After the genocidal the Rwandan’s came together to solve their problems and which is a great example of a collectivist society. James Neuliep defines collectivism in his book Intercultural Communication as a “cultural orientation where the group is the primary unit of culture. Group goals take precedence over individual goals.” Through those three months

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