The ancient kingdom of Rwanda had a rich tradition of ritual objects that were integral to both the royal court and spiritual practice. These sacred items carried deep symbolic and ceremonial ...

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From April to July 1994, the world watched as genocide unfolded in Rwanda. A million people died as neighbors brutally attacked their neighbors with clubs and machetes. Thirty years later, the horror ...

To understand the background of events which shook Rwanda in 1994. To understand what genocide is. To understand the process and reasons which triggered the flow of refugees from Rwanda into ...

In Rwanda, students may soon learn their national history for the first time since the 1994 genocide. Following the bloody ethnic conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu, the government imposed a ...

Nestled in the heart of Africa within the Great Rift Valley, where the African Great Lakes region and southeast Africa converge is Rwanda, a beautiful Central Africa nation which was founded by King ...

In 1994, Rwanda endured one of the darkest chapters in human history when nearly a million people lost their lives in just 100 days. Today, Rwanda stands as one of Africa’s most impressive success ...

Rwanda is a beautiful nation in the heart of Africa within the Great Rift Valley, where the African Great Lakes region and southeast Africa converge. It takes pride in a rich literary history, with ...

And I'm Steve Inskeep. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Rwanda's genocide. Leaders of the country's Hutu majority encouraged the slaughter of the ethnic Tutsi minority. People killed their ...