Ultimately, yes. The oppression of the Rwandan people by European imperialists began a cycle of violence perpetuated by those in power. Europeans put Tutsis in charge, even though they were a minority, and Europeans and Tutsis together abused the Hutu majority (and the Twas, another minority). The angry Hutu majority (made angry by European favoritism) revolted against the Tutsis in power. To get revenge and to keep their power, the Hutus oppressed the Tutsis, just as they had been oppressed by the European imperialists' Tutsi puppets. To profit from the Rwandan people's exploitation, Europeans had long ago made a Rwandan economy based on tea and a few other goods that all began to do poorly in international markets in the 1960s. To distract people from the poor economy, the Hutu government began to use the Tutsis as scapegoats for all Rwanda's problems, going so far as to condone the murder of all Tutsis, setting the stage for subsequent events.
It was an ethnic cleansing of the Tutsi race by the Hutu minority. It lasted three months and an estimated 1 million to 4 million individuals were killed or displaced. When Britain colonized Rwanda, they thought the Tutsis were more European looking and so they gave them more power and political freedom than the Hutus. After the death of the Rwandan President in 1994, Hutus took the opportunity to seize government control and lash out at the Tutsis.
The genocide was ignited by the death of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above the Kigali airport on April 6, 1994. The militiamen first killed the Tutsi business and political elite before turning to ordinary Tutsi citizens.
Belgians decided that it would be easier to rule over Rwanda if they sowed divisions between the Hutu majority and Tutsi minority in the tried-and-true method of "divide and conquer". It worked during the period of colonization, but resulted in high levels of distrust between the groups. That mistrust manifested in violence towards the Tutsis when they tried to have an equal say in the power structure of independent Rwanda.
Ethnic conflicts caused the genocide in that the hutus scapegoated the minority of tutsis with all the issues of the Rwandan state.
The Rwandan genocide teaches us that meaningless conflicts can cause unimaginable tragedy. It is therefore better to focus our attention on loving others, not forcing them conform to our customs or beliefs.
True, The end to European imperialism came about after the war.
The Berlin Conference called for the partition of Africa. Germany took possession of Rwanda and Burundi. After World War I, the area was taken over by Belgium. The Belgians proceeded to introduce the 'divide and rule' strategy in the colonies by giving education and advance for the Tutsi only, thus creating their prosperity while taking what that of the Hutus. The Belgians then proceeded to use the Tutsi to enforce their rule. Feelings that were created as a result of these actions led to the eventual Rwandan Genocide.
Long-standing ethnic tensions
Nationalism
One cause of World War 1 was militarism. Additional causes include alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and past conflicts between the great European powers.
The Rwandan Civil War took place between 1990 and 1993. Significantly, it was the major cause of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. In both of those related conflicts, around 900,000 people died.
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imperialism
Imperialism exploited the labor and natural resources of the native, indigenous people and continues to have a lasting impact upon the colonized nations today