Nokoko 5 Final

Colonialism acts as an incubator of genocidal violence due to factors such as severe human rights violations and political oppression marked by Western capitalism and neocolonialism. Traces of colonial ideologies are found in the approaches or discourses of organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund. The criticisms of acclaimed theorists such as Gérard Prunier and Frantz Fanon identify origins of genocidal violence within colonial discourse, and so the application of colonial ideologies in international organizations can be examined while aligning a specific focus on the hypocrisy of the West in its attitude towards global violence. To understand the international community’s role in the Rwandan genocide, factors such as Rwanda’s colonial and postcolonial history, the role of UN ambassadors and imperial countries such as France and their investment in Hutu extremism, and the complicity of