Young People's Page...1. Find out more about Rwanda

Genocide 1994... These are some of the questions you might like to ask and discuss with your teacher. Read more about the genocide here.

1. What happened? What are the causes and consequences of genocide in Rwanda? How different was it from the Holocaust (Shoah)?
2. Why did it happen in Rwanda? Is Rwanda the only country to have experienced this?
3. Why is it called genocide?
4. Did anyone try to stop it? Did any one try to prevent it from happening?
5. How did colonialism affect the social, economic and political situation in Rwanda?
6. Who was involved in the genocide?
7. Why did people take part in the murders?
8. Did they have a choice? Did they kill their own friends and neighbours?
9. How did it happen?
10. How did people survive the genocide? What happens to survivors today?
11. How did they rebuild their lives? Who is supporting them?

Ask your own questions here, your questions will be answered by a survivor or a specialist in this field.

 

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