Ideological Analysis on Hotel Rwanda

The article Peasant Ideology and Genocide in Rwanda Under Habyarimana , was written by Phillip Verwimp who is an Economics professor at Yale University. This article appeared in Center for Economics Study and focuses on the developmental processes that took place in Rwanda before the Genocide and the neglect that soon came later after the horrible massacre. In this article Verwimp discusses the economy of Rwanda after the genocide. Verwimp stated,

Some societies have, in the past, opposed manual and intellectual labor with the latter giving in general more prestige to its performer. Such a concept not only seems outdated but also unacceptable because it is not realistic. In fact, manual labor, especially agricultural labor is the basis of our economy. We want to repeat that agriculture will stay the essential base of our economic system for years to come.