Global Engagements: Eastern Africa
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Rwanda By Ellie Howard When thinking about how nationalism and inequality played out in Rwanda, one example immediately comes to mind: the Rwandan Genocide. Starting in 1994 and lasting only 100 days, the Rwandan genocide was the product of a clash of identities and systematic inequality. Before looking at the genocide, we must first lookContinue reading Nationalism and Inequality
Rwanda By: Ellie Howard The current Russo-Ukrainian war pertains to the country of Rwanda in two ways. First, is the historical parallels that can easily be drawn between the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 and Russia’s recent ‘annexation’ of Ukraine. In the Rwandan Genocide, members of the ethnic majority of Rwanda, the Hutus, murdered around 800,000Continue reading The Russo-Ukrainian War