Man[goes] to Rwanda

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it" 

- Mark Twain

But what if "your country" is not really your country. What if somebody else that has no relation to your people or culture created your country? What if the people your culture were separated due to the creation of this country? What if your country is composed of tribes of people who were and are hostile to each other?

Such divisions occurred with much of Africa, British India, and others after the era of colonialism.
We will look at one such example, Rwanda.




 

Beautiful, right?

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But what if you saw it in June of 1994, during the Rwandan Genocide. Warning!

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That escalated quickly.

Well, that's real exposure.

 For example, if Charles

Winston, CEO of Tropical

Smoothie Cafe, was exposed 

to my type of mangoes, he 

would immediately order 

all locations start using 

Indian mangoes instead of those Costa Rican mangoes, or whatever they use. 

My point is that being a mango is scary.

This is the same fear that people living in

countries like Rwanda face, especially if

you are a minority. During the Rwandan

Genocide, between 500,000 to 1,000,000

 people were killed, including children

and babies. The uncertainty in those

numbers itself shows how carelessly

and ruthlessly people were slaughtered 

like cattle. About 75% of the Tutsi

 population was killed. The people

targeted were people of the Tutsi

 and Twa tribes. The population of

 the Tutsi tribe is split between

several countries just like

many other tribes. So, are

 the Tutsis supposed to

feel patriotism for

 a country that

 is not theirs

 and has

 jeopardized                                              
                                                   
                                   their



existence?      

These conflicts have appeared everywhere in the world:
The               De     mocra tic     Rep  ublic      of   the     Co   ng o
 Su       dan                  
So      uth             S   uda    n
Y           em                  en                           
Sy                    ria
I       ra           q
Cen            tral     A       fric            an         Re        pub           lic

 This kind of proves the saying "Survival of the fittest"
The conflicts in Africa started with the colonialism of Africa. However, the division of continent without regard to the culture and voices of the people residing there was outrageous. Now we must help those countries gain stability.

Now back to some Rwandan scenery:


 


 

 

 The End!