Genocide By Consolee Nishimwe Analysis

The memoir by Consolee Nishimwe is a historical account of the Genocide events that took place in Rwanda in the year 1994. The war was propagated by the crisis between the Tutsi and the Hutu people. The Hutu ethnic community rose against their counterparts, the Tutsis, and blamed them for the increasing social, economic and political pressures in the nation. Due to the incitement from the Hutu political elites in leadership, the Hutu community, the majority, began to exterminate the Tutsis, the minority. The Genocide which lasted for one hundred days saw the death of over 800,000 Tutsi men, women and children and moderate Hutus. In her memoir, Nishimwe narrates how hatred steered the country into the brink of the war, eventually resulting in genocide. The propaganda and accusations saw the birth of a crisis between the Hutu people and the Tutsi and neighbors turning against each other.
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This ideology was taught to all members of Hutu ethnic group and also widely spread. Even with the discrimination, the Tutsis continued to be civil and maintained high spirits while executing their duties. The Hutu, on the other hand, saw themselves as superior and mistreated the minority Tutsi as they knew their actions would go unquestioned and unpunished by the authorities. The disciplinary authorities were made of Hutu people hence they did not punish the criminals of Hutu ethnicity as they would be considered traitors. Additionally, for the moderate Hutu people, they were also attacked and executed together with the Tutsis during the genocide as they were also viewed as enemies of the nation. In 1993, before the genocide took place, there were rampant examples of anti-Tutsi slogans and hate speech which further escalated the ethnic