Africa must learn from Rwanda
Apr 10, 2009
OUR neighbours in Rwanda and Rwandans in the diaspora began to commemorate for the fifth time the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and moderate Hutus slaughtered by their own countrymen.
OUR neighbours in Rwanda and Rwandans in the diaspora began to commemorate for the fifth time the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and moderate Hutus slaughtered by their own countrymen.
This show of respect for the victims of that holocaust kicked off on April 7 and will end on April 14 with the theme, “To commemorate the Genocide, to fight Genocide deniers and revisionists while reflecting on how they can contribute to building of their nation.â€
At my place, the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), the Rwandan youth under their umbrella of the Islamic University Rwandan Student’s Association have not been deterred by their small number from observing this mourning week.
Their presence on campus can be felt. They have worn blue scafs around their necks; written articles about the genocide and above all organised two functions at campus involving a public lecture and an exhibition on the Rwandan history.
This practice even on foreign land can perhaps explain the rising, like a phoenix, of their motherland from the ashes of genocide. Ugandans and other Africans need to learn something from Rwanda.
Umaru M. Kashaka
IUIU, Mbale
This show of respect for the victims of that holocaust kicked off on April 7 and will end on April 14 with the theme, “To commemorate the Genocide, to fight Genocide deniers and revisionists while reflecting on how they can contribute to building of their nation.â€
At my place, the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), the Rwandan youth under their umbrella of the Islamic University Rwandan Student’s Association have not been deterred by their small number from observing this mourning week.
Their presence on campus can be felt. They have worn blue scafs around their necks; written articles about the genocide and above all organised two functions at campus involving a public lecture and an exhibition on the Rwandan history.
This practice even on foreign land can perhaps explain the rising, like a phoenix, of their motherland from the ashes of genocide. Ugandans and other Africans need to learn something from Rwanda.
Umaru M. Kashaka
IUIU, Mbale