Hutu Power
Hutu Power was an ideology propounded by the akazu and other Hutu extremists which culminated in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and moderate Hutu. It was a response to anxiety over the return of what was known as Tutsi Power, or the generations-old feudal relations which tended to favour Tutsi over Hutu and Twa. During the attempted negotiations (Arusha Accords) between the Rwandan government and the RPF, President Juvenal Habyarimana thought that Paul Kagame's demands were unreasonable and aimed at restoring the social relationships which would bring back Tutsi Power.[1] Two notable features of the Hutu Power movement were the Hutu Ten Commandments and the hate radio broadcasts. The Hutu Ten Commandments stated, for example, that Hutu and Tutsi should not intermarry, that the education system must be comprised of a Hutu majority, and that Rwandese armed forces should be exclusively Hutu.[2] The most well-known of the hate-radio broadcasts was Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines. Its purpose was to build popular support for the Hutu Power ideology, and mobilize the population to participate in eradicating the Tutsi who were perceived as a threat to the social and political order envisioned by the akazu.[3]
Notes and references
- ^ Jones, Bruce (2000). The Arusha Peace Process. In: The Path of a Genocide: The Rwanda Crisis from Uganda to Zaire. Howard Adelman and Astri Suhrke (eds). London: Transaction Publishers. Page 146
- ^ Kakwenzire, Joan and Dixon Kamukama (2000). In: The Path of a Genocide: The Rwanda Crisis from Uganda to Zaire. Howard Adelman and Astri Suhrke (eds). London: Transaction Publishers. Page 75.
- ^ Chalk, Frank (2002). Hate Radio in Rwanda. In: The Path of a Genocide: The Rwanda Crisis from Uganda to Zaire. Howard Adelman and Astri Suhrke (eds). London: Transaction Publishers.
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