In the early 1990s, the country of Rwanda jumped into the headlines with horrific images and details of what was to become known as the Rwandan Genocide. Part 1 of this podcast explored what happened in the years leading up to the 1994 genocide. With the help of great journalists and their books, we take a look a what genocide meant to individual Rwandans.
Books:
We have been informed that tomorrow we will be killed with our families - Philip Gourevitch
Shake Hands with the Devil - Romeo Dallaire
Dans le nu de la vie (english. Into the Quick of Life) - Jean Hatzfeld
A Time for Machetes - Jean Hatzfeld
A Problem from Hell - Samantha Power
A Thousand Hills - Stephen Kinzer
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