Brief History of Rwanda and the Genocide.
Rwanda was initially inhabited by the Hutu farmers before the Tutsi came in with their cattle. Cattle being a status of fame in Africa, the Tutsi ruled over the Hutu people, and the two groups were living in Harmony.
However, with the coming in of the Belgians who colonized the country, they created a difference in the group by regarding the Tutsi, which was a minority group as the elite class and were to rule over the Hutu. They drew up a line between them and were identified by color, and head dimensions. Many atrocities were heaped on the Hutu majority all in the name of colonialism, and this grew much discontent among the Hutu which created tension and enmity between the Hutu Majority and Minor Tutsi.
This enmity continued on, and thus, on 6th April 1994 following the death of the then President Habyarimana, who was a Hutu, the Hutu were aggrieved and unlished a campaign to slaughter all the Tutsi who they referred to as “Cockroaches”. With the international community looking on after the death of 10 UN peacekeepers and decided to withdraw from the country, 100 days saw over 800,000 most of who were the Tutsi and those who sympasized with them.
Today, there are over 200 genocide memorial sites in Rwanda but only a few are developed for tourism purposes. Genocide memorial Tour is one of the tourist activities in Rwanda - Africa.
List of Rwandan Genocide memorial centers
Kigali memorial centre
Murambi memorial.
Nyamata memorial cite
Bisesero memorial site.
Nyanza memorial centre.
Nyarabuye memorial site
Ntarama memorial site
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