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A non-fiction book by Philip Gourevitch that recounts the stories of survivors and witnesses of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which an estimated one million people were killed. The title comes from a letter by seven Adventist pastors who were killed in a hospital in Kibuye.
The book discusses several periods during which these events took place: the Rwandan civil war including the 1994 Rwandan genocide (1990–1994); the counterinsurgency period in Rwanda (1994–1997); RPF participation in two Congo wars (First and Second); and more recently, deaths of Rwanda dissidents.
The book is a first-hand account of Dallaire's mission as UN commander in Rwanda in 1993-1994, when he witnessed the mass killings of Tutsi by Hutu militias. It won two awards and inspired a documentary and a film based on his story.
Gacaca court was a system of community-based trials to prosecute perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Learn about its history, structure, criticisms, and outcomes from this Wikipedia article.
Alexis Kagame (15 May 1912 – 2 December 1981) was a Rwandan philosopher, linguist, historian, poet and Catholic priest.His main contributions were in the fields of ethnohistory and "ethnophilosophy" (the study of indigenous philosophical systems).
France, which had been militarily involved in Rwanda, began to withdraw its troops from Rwandan soil in response to a ceasefire agreement, two days after the report was released. The European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the abuses mentioned in the report and called on both the Rwandan government and the RPF to end the violations. [7]
In Left to Tell, Immaculée Ilibagiza shares of her experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.She survived hidden for 91 days with seven other women in a small bathroom, no larger than 3 feet (0.91 m) by 4 feet (1.2 m) (an area of 12 square feet).
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