There are no devils left in Hell, the missionary said. They are all in Rwanda.
-Cover from TIME Magazine May 16, 1994
Brief Overview
The Rwandan Genocide took place from April to July in 1994. During these 100 days, the extremist Hutu people killed over 800,000 people, mostly of the Tutsi minority. However, Hutus who objected the slayings of the Tutsis were also murdered. The extremists were known as "Interahamwe," meaning "those who attack together." They began promoting the killings of the Tutsis after the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed when their plane was shot down in April of 1994. Eventually the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), a Tutsi rebel group, began to fight back against the Interahamwe and quickly conquered them. However, the damage was not completed. The genocide left close to one million people dislocated from their homes. Many fled to Zaire to refugee camps in fear of vengeance from the RPA. Some of these refugees were people of the Interahamwe and also ordinary people who took part in the killings. The large amount of refugees caused a large burden on Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo (Pitsch, 2001).
Read more here: The Rwandan Genocide
Read more here: The Rwandan Genocide
Aftermath of the Genocide
A Survivor's Story as a Guide as Rwanda's Genocide Memorial
Serge Rwigamba is a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide. He lost his father and multiple family members during the genocide. He is now a tour guide at the Genocide Memorial in Kigali, and shares his personal experiences with those who visit.
Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial Website
Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial Website
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CDC. (1994). Refugee Camp in Zaire for Rwandan Refugees. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ntarama_Church_Genocide_Memorial_-_Flickr_-_Dave_Proffer_(6).jpg. Available under CC BY.
Walters, Dylan. (2007). Building where ten Belgian soldiers were tortured and killed. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
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Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide (Vol. 1, pp. 78-88). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from https://ezproxy.butler.edu/login?
url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3410600017/WHIC?u=butleru&xid=008b071a
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CDC. (1994). Refugee Camp in Zaire for Rwandan Refugees. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rwandan_refugee_camp_in_east_Zaire.jpg. Available under public domain.
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mass_Graves_in_Which_259000_Genocide_Victims_Are_Interred_-_Genocide_Memorial_Center_-_Kigali_-_Rwanda_-
_02.jpg. Available under CC BY – SA.
Proffer, Dave. (2007). Machetes and clubs used to kill Tutsis. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ntarama_Church_Genocide_Memorial_-_Flickr_-_Dave_Proffer_(10).jpg. Available under CC – BY.
Proffer, Dave. (2007). Shelves of skulls and bones at the Ntarama Church Genocide Memorial. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide#/media/File:Ntarama_Church_Genocide_Memorial_-_Flickr_-_Dave_Proffer_(9).jpg. Available under CC BY.
Proffer, Dave. (2007). Skulls and bones of the victims of the Ntarama massacre. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ntarama_Church_Genocide_Memorial_-_Flickr_-_Dave_Proffer_(6).jpg. Available under CC BY.
Walters, Dylan. (2007). Building where ten Belgian soldiers were tortured and killed. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belgian_Soldier_Memorial.jpg. Available under CC – BY.