Rwanda is a country in eastern Africa where hundreds of thousands of Africans were massacred in one of the most troublesome time in international history. The book, "We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families" by Phillip Gourevitch (1998) tells an all too true account of the atrocities that occurred during this very unstable time in their past. Two opposing ethnic groups, the Tutsis and the Hutus, went head to head in a genocidal combat that eventually killed about one million individuals -- the majority of them innocent citizens -- and left millions more scarred both physically and psychologically. The Hutus believed in the extreme ideology of what was called Hutu Power. Followers of this ideology began to formulate ideas on the evil contribution that the Tutsis were making to their society and went as far as deeming them cockroaches. With the assistance of the media, the Hutus were able to contaminate the minds of millions of people who saw it upon themselves to cleanse society of all individuals who identified themselves as Tutsi. Militias, government officials, clergy, and even ordinary citizens murdered Tutsi women, children, and men without any just cause -- only due to the fear of the Tutsis rebellion against the Hutus. Gourevitch provides a personal, in-depth account of the lives of the survivors of the Rwandan genocide and provides valuable insight into the main causes and effects of this occurrence. As Gourevitch points out, despite the popular belief that these two groups had been at war for decades prior to the genocide that took place in 1994, the truth is that at one point, the Hutus and the Tutsis were ethnically indistinguishable. These two ethnic groups shared the same culture, language, and religion. They were also heavily intermixed, allowing for the small distinguishing factors among them to become even more miniscule. However, due to their historical upbringing, the Tutsis were seen by the Belgium, the previous colonists of Rwanda, as the superior group of the two. Identity...
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