Hutsu vs. Tutsi

Habyarimana was the Rwandan Hutsu president who was in office in April, 1994. When his plane was shot down, (still unconfirmed who's to blame but most claim it was Tustsi rebels) a 100 day mass genocide took over the country. Years of segregation between the lower class Hutsu and upper class Tutsi caused tension and eventually led to one of the worst mass massacres in recent history. Hutsus killed around 1 million Tutsis in the matter of 100 days, many times children, neighbors, friends and often times their own family members (those who married Tutsis). Over 15% of the Tutsi population was irradicated which would be the equivalent of all of the black people that we have in the US.
 
The genocide museum walks you through the build up of tension between the groups and holds relics of the victims including clothes, bones and individual pictures. It also holds over 258,000 people in a mass grave. The torch outside the museum (above) burns every year, starting April 7, for the 100 days of genocide and is a memory and tribute to those killed and to their families.
 
Most people from Rwanda confirm that they either have a victim or perpetrator in their family. Despite their devastating history of genocide and segregation, the city of Kigali thrives and the current government is all about the people and the economy is thriving. Luckily, social classes no longer distinguish the people of Rwanda.

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