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The meaning of 'Rwanda' and the colonial distortion of its origins

Colonial scholars documented that the name "Rwanda" derives from the Ikinyarwanda verb ku-aanda, meaning "to expand" or "to spread out." According to this interpretation, it reflected a nation driven ...
Newsday

Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nation

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass graves ...
Houston Public Media

As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety

Josephine Dusabimana says she rescued 12 people during the Rwandan genocide. (Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR) LAKE KIVU, Rwanda — To be clear, there is nothing funny about genocide. Which is why it is ...
UNHCR

Lesson plans for ages 12-14 in History: The Rwandan Crisis 1994

One of the major conflicts that shook Africa in the 1990s was the ethnic strife between the Hutus and Tutsis of Rwanda. Since 1994, there has been much news coverage about the genocide of over 800,000 ...
NPR

As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety

LAKE KIVU, Rwanda — To be clear, there is nothing funny about genocide. Which is why it is particularly disconcerting to hear Josephine Dusabimana laugh out loud, repeatedly, as she recounts the ...