In this episode of Roots & Reckonings, we examine the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda through the lens of its deep colonial roots and devastating consequences. The story begins in the late 19th century, when German and later Belgian colonial rule hardened once-fluid social identities into rigid ethnic categories, sowing seeds of division that would erupt decades later. On April 7, 1994, after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, extremist forces launched a 1...
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In this episode of Roots & Reckonings, we examine the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda through the lens of its deep colonial roots and devastating consequences. The story begins in the late 19th century, when German and later Belgian colonial rule hardened once-fluid social identities into rigid ethnic categories, sowing seeds of division that would erupt decades later. On April 7, 1994, after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, extremist forces launched a 1...
In this episode of Roots & Reckonings, we examine the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda through the lens of its deep colonial roots and devastating consequences. The story begins in the late 19th century, when German and later Belgian colonial rule hardened once-fluid social identities into rigid ethnic categories, sowing seeds of division that would erupt decades later. On April 7, 1994, after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, extremist forces launched a 1...
Roots & Reckonings
In this episode of Roots & Reckonings, we examine the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda through the lens of its deep colonial roots and devastating consequences. The story begins in the late 19th century, when German and later Belgian colonial rule hardened once-fluid social identities into rigid ethnic categories, sowing seeds of division that would erupt decades later. On April 7, 1994, after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, extremist forces launched a 1...
