No words can even begin to describe the death of a million people in 100 days... Rwanda is compared in size to Maryland. It's unimaginable. I went to the Kigali Genocide Memorial and it is hard to find the words to explain what I read and saw. The hardest part about the whole war for me is learning that before colonization the Rwandans were united in tribes, languages, and were intermarrying. They were not divided at all. It wasn't until the Belgiums came in and forced division among the people by creating identity cards based on physical features and giving certain classes privileges and jobs that Rwanda found itself with "ethnic" divisions. It is amazing how as humans some times we think we have the best intentions, but find out later that we were completely wrong.
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