It always bothers me when I hear Rwanda’s genocide described as a product of “ancient tribal hatreds.” I think this is an easy way for Westerners to dismiss the whole thing as a regrettable but...

I once spoke to someone who had survived the genocide in Rwanda, and she said to me that there was now nobody left on the face of the earth, either friend or relative, who knew...

The truth is not believable to someone who has not lived it in his muscles.

…and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world.