I cannot help but feel a little ashamed of myself. While I am here in Ottawa making silly jokes about the things I need to bring, Rwandans are paying tribute to loved ones lost 17 years ago today.
On April 7th, 1994 Hutu militias set up roadblocks and began murdering Tutsis and moderate Hutus in their homes.
I am determined that this blog not be about the Rwandan genocide. There has been so much written about it already. I want to see the country for what it is now, not what it was then.
But today it is right to honour the dead and acknowledge the human tragedy experienced by the Rwandan people and witnessed by the world.
In the spirit of paying tribute to the events of the past, I've embedded a link to a trailer for the documentary, "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire." It is an extraordinary work about Dallaire's return to Rwanda for the 10th anniversary of the genocide.
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
If anyone is interested I can try to upload the full video.
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