AFRICA

 
  This is the movie Hotel Rwanda that we watched last week. It's a very touching movie and it's really hard to believe that something like that actually happened in real life! All the killing and the rebellion!! I can't believe that someone like Paul ever existed on this planet Earth! He is so brave, so responsible and so loving. After watching all the kids singing and smiling at the end of the movie really moved me inside. After all the things they have been through, they haven't become full of hatred and terrified; instead, they smile and sing and showed that they are all innocent victims of this war that the adults set up.
  
3 PERSPECTIVES
 
  The government officials in the movie and also in real life Rwanda is corrupted. They did not have more powerful police force to keep the rebellion down and they didn't do anything when there's something so big going on. Hundreds and millions of people were killed but they just sat there and do nothing. It's not what a good government should do. They should be setting up laws and restrictions about what they will do to the rebels. 
  The foreign aid gives a really big hand to the country. They provided medical care and help to the country, also help taking care of the children and the refugee who are hurt or lost their family. They have doctors, medical resources, and clean environment for the refugee. I think the foreign aid really had an impact on the people in the war zone because they help the people and they show them love and care. These people, who lost their families and the people they love during the war, will be very thankful to the people who are providing medical care.




  As I had mentioned before, the people who lost their families need support and love. Most of the children were hidden by their parents so they survived through the war while their parents were caught and killed my the rebels. These children lost their parents and were found by the foreign aid people and they were brought to be treated with proper medical care. I think that the children will hopefully be thankful to the people who had helped them and they can know how to take a good care of their next generation.






CAUSE AND EFFECT


  The main cause of the rebellion and killing is based on the idea that the Europeans gave them, which is racism. The Belgian colonial power divided the Rwandians into two groups which is Tutsi and Hutu. Tutsi are people who owns more than ten cows or people with a longer nose. Since the Tutsi people has a physical feature similar to the Belgians, they set up a racial theory about how the Tutsi people have European ancestry and considered them more superior than the other Africans. So when the Belgian colonial power first entered Rwanda, they only allow the Tutsi people to be educated and be involved in the colonial government. However, the majority, which is the Hutu, are not satisfied about this. After the Belgians left, they leave the power to the Hutu people. So I think this is why the Hutu people started the rebellion and killed so much people.

   Hutu guerrillas

  
This is how a typical Tutsi looks like.           

This warrior dance is specially performed for the Tutsi King..

CLASSMATE'S EYES ON AFRICA

  The project that really got in to my head deep deep down is Tracy's project! It's not only just fun with all the activities, but I have also learned a lot from those activities. We had to trace our hands on newspaper and cut it down and ask how much money we can get from the officers perspective. It's not really fair because we worked so hard but the officers were so picky about the quality! We did our best! This helped me understand more how harsh the condition was for the Africans when they actually had to cut their hands down and get just a little money from the Europeans.
  It's really hard to find a diamond. I found one in the last five minutes of the activity and the second one in the last two minutes. It's super hard! Especially when you were in a war zone looking for diamonds and you were in danger of being shot in any second when you were only seventeen years old! It's really stressful! All these diamonds were sold in a cheap price and those diamond miners only get a small portion of the money. It's really not fair for the workers. 
  From these activities, I've ever learned more deeply into the subject that I've known a bit before. And I can know how their feelings were when they only got a little money from the officers and when they were mining diamonds. 

 

Trailer for the movei "Blood Diamond".

EYES ON AFRICA


  I did the tribe Ashanti for my Eyes on Africa project. Ashanti is a tribe that locates in Ghana, it was once a rich country that traded with Portugal very often and became close trading partners. But after the British power came, they still couldn't deny the destiny that they will be conquered. After the British came, they were forced to go gold mining and plant crops like the other poorer African countries. They grow crops such as cocoa beans, corn, oranges and many others. Now Ghana is the second most largest cocoa producer in the world. They also export logs. Nowadays, the majority of people in Ghana are producers of the crops and some of the others mine gold. Even though they couldn't go back to the days when they were one of the strongest and richest countries in Africa, they can still feed themselves and make money for themselves!