Rusesabagina and the power of lies

By Tom Ndahiro Sometimes songs of praise go to false characters. Because of the movie ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Paul Rusesabagina was made a Hollywood star and a conqueror of hearts. He has won several awards as an unequaled ‘Humanitarian’ as he describes himself.

Rusesabagina, the conscientious liar

By Tom Ndahiro Exactly two years ago, February 25, 2009 Paul Rusesabagina was a guest of Lehigh University in the United States.

Rwanda’s future – choosing between unity and division

By Amandin Rugira I am amazed at the recent flurry of reports and commentary in international media as well as by so called opposition leaders on the current political state of affairs in Rwanda.

Rusesabagina, Genocide and Identity Politics

By William Church January 16, 2007 It has been about a year since I first sat in the living room of Paul Rusesabagina’s house outside of Brussels.

Healing the Scars of genocide in Rwanda

By David Weiss–President and CEO of CHF International February 22, 2011 When I told friends that I was going to Rwanda their reaction was an almost uniform: “How horrible!” Of course, their view of Rwanda was based on the terrible genocide of 1994 that left an estimated 850,000 dead and a country with deep psychosocial [...]

On Some Social Functions of Stupidity, with Special Reference to Genocide

By Kurt Jonassohn–February 1997 One of my childhood memories concerns what my mother said when I had done something particularly stupid. I have no recollection of what that action was, but I have a very clear recollection of my mother’s reaction:

Rusesabagina’s testimony, a friend of genocidaires

Note of Evidence of Paul Rusesabagina before the District Judge in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court–as a defence witness of four genocide suspects Vincent Brown aka Vincent Bajinya, Charles Munyaneza, Emmanuel Nteziryayo and Celestin Ugirashebuja. April 3 2008

Rwandan women’s power in government evolving

By Catherine Meidell–February 11, 2011 After the tragic Rwanda genocide of 1994, many aspects of Rwandan society changed, including women’s power in government, said Jean Dominique Gumirakiza, an applied economics graduate student.

President Clinton’s address to genocide survivors in Kigali

As provided by the White House–March 25, 1998 Thank you, Mr. President. First, let me thank you, Mr. President, and Vice President Kagame, and your wives for making Hillary and me and our delegation feel so welcome. I’d also like to thank the young students who met us and the musicians, the dancers who were [...]

When Speech Becomes Violence

By Prof. Gerise Herndon–December 5, 2010 Freedom of speech and freedom of the press: for most U.S. citizens, these self-evident ideals form our nation’s foundation. Rwanda, the site of the most efficient genocide in history with a million Tutsis dead after 100 days, complicated how I make sense of those terms.