Rwanda


 * Rwanda : Genocide **



Primary Source: [|Interview with survivor] The interview with Immaculee Ilibagiza shows an insight of what it was like living during the big genocide in 1994. She talked about how she was able to get to safety in time before being killed but her parents and brothers weren't as lucky. When they were caught they were all killed for being Tutis. Out of many people Immaculee was a lucky one who lived through the genocide in Rwanda but her story shows what it really was like. Primary Source: [|Interview with Rwanda President] When the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame was interviewd the Genocide in Rwanda during 1994 came up in the conversation. The president gave an insight on what Rwanda was like now. The two of them talked about how bad the genocide was and how many people were killed. After that President Paul Kagame said that they are still trying to work on it but things are getting better. Artifact 1: [|Case study of Genocide] This was a case study of the genocide in Rwanda during 1994. It's a good source because it talks about how and why it started in the first place and who was responsible for it. Then it gives good information on what happened during it and the different things that they would do to the people. Last there is good information on the aftermath of it to learn more about the genocide in Rwanda Artifact 2: [|Eyewitness account] This eyewittens account is as close as many poeple can get to understanding what it's like in Rwanda. It proves the fact that genocide is a major problem in Rwanda because it's an eleven year old girl sharing the story of what happened to her family and villege when soilders came. In Rwanda these things happen in many different places and this story helps to prove that it happens and how bac it really is. Artifact 3: [|Picture of genocide victims] This picture speaks volumes of what genocide is like in Rwanda. It captures many men, women, and children laying in the open all dead. This picture proves exactly how bad genocide is and what it does to people and ecspecially the people of Rwanda.