Tag: genocide
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Life Lately…
First things first, 7000 Dead Bodies in DRC since last month. There are really no more words left to say in re- depravity of man, but let us take a moment of silence to honor every life lost. As for you Genocide apologist, Ewww, brute that you are, may your pinky ever get jammed in…
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DAY 22- iBUTARE NTIBICANA
My family originates from what is today considered the Southern Province of Rwanda and before it was Huye, it was Butare. Before that, Belgian colonial masters, had the effrontery, the audacity, the impertinence, the chutzpah (**new word alert**), to call that very African city, Astrida, after their-queen-who-was-no-Gicanda, Queen Astrid. Before this writing takes a turn,…
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DAY 11 – COCKROACH
“Genocide is only possible when dehumanization happens on a massive scale, and the perfect tool for this job is propaganda.” In broad daylight, shameless animators at propaganda radio known as RTLM, called for the annihilation of Tutsis. So very convinced of the efficacity of their masterplan, they often bragged: “Umwana Uzavuka Azabaze Uko Abatutsi Bari…
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DAY 5 – GENOCIDE CONVENTION
The following is an excerpt of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Beautifully written but poorly enforced. …Genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world. Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has…
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DAY 1 – MEET THE SURVIVOR
MURAKABAHO… I greet you in the name of every Survivor of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis, and every one of the 800-000 to 1 million lives lost. My name is Olivia Mugenga, Chouchou des Grands Lacs, for the most Intimate. I was 1 when they killed my mother, her mother, 5 maternal aunts, 1 maternal…
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