Information about the Rwandan Genocide by Kalanni Plaza https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f Made to introduce the start, middle, and ends of the genocide and the contents in between. en-us 2022-05-03 03:33:08 UTC 2022-05-03 14:46:06 UTC hello@padlet.com How did the Rwandan Genocide Happen? plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167736578 2022-05-03 03:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167736578 Church Official Contributing to the Violence plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167740552 2022-05-03 03:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167740552 6 facts about the Rwandan genocide: plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167745170 1.) In Rwanda, the population was entirely Christian and the genocide and its violence did not occur over religious lines.

2.) Church officials and its members with also complicit  in the violence and even gave up those who sought refugee in their church.

3.) The majority of those killed were murdered within or on the churches grounds.

4.) Collusion with the government was the Catholic Church's advantage so that they can keep churches and schools under Vatican control.

5.) Leadership of Christian Churches played a vital role into the creation and push of racist ideology.

6.) The 1994 genocide was the fastest known genocide to happen in recent history, with approximately 1 million killed in 3 months. ]]> 2022-05-03 03:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167745170 6 Issues Related to the Genocide and Christianity in Rwanda:` plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167751279 1.) it was not only the Tutsis that were murdered during the violence; Hutus and church officials who spoke out against the violence were also killed. 

2.) Because of the Churches involvement in the genocide, many survivors are weary of the churches in the years after the conflict.

3.) During the genocide, ethnicity became a crucial actor in the Churches mission to convert individuals.

4.) June 1999, an article published by L'Osservantore Romano, spoke about the creation of churches into memorial grounds for those lives lost was the governments way of defamation against the Vatican.

5.) The Rwandan Genocide led to the realization that the presence of the Church guarantees nothing.

6.) Before the genocide, Hutus and the government started the killing of Tutsis at a smaller "number" (about 77%) of Tutsis, showing that the killings took place before the start of the genocide and then led to the boom of the killings in April of 1994.]]> 2022-05-03 03:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2167751279 Explain the involvement of the Catholic Church plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168276526 The Catholic Church and the White Fathers missionaries, were focused on teaching the Rwandan people obedience to authority instead of the teaching to respect their neighbors. The teaching of respecting their neighbors came second . This was important to the mission to convert the population as a whole. To have control within the government was a major advantage to the Vatican. ]]> 2022-05-03 13:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168276526 Explain Involvement of the Protestant Church plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168294568 The minority of Protestant Churches had little to no experience in dealing with the political affairs within Rwanda. They led peace initiatives and called for de-escalation within the state even though they were considered to be on the outer boundary when it came to religion identity. That is not to say that they were to implicated in the genocide that occured. ]]> 2022-05-03 13:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168294568 Eyewitness Testimony From Norah Bagrinka plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168304189 she was a Tutsi, targeted during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She survived, as many Tutsi did, by running and hiding for more than 100 days.]]> 2022-05-03 13:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168304189 Eyewitness Testimony From Jean-Philippe Creppi plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168311006 In 1994, Jean-Philippe Ceppi was an independent journalist based in Kenya.]]> 2022-05-03 13:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168311006 Eyewitness Testimony From General Roméo Dallaire plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168316404 The General was from Canada, a commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda deployed in late 1993 as part of a peace accord between the Rwandan government and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front.]]> 2022-05-03 13:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168316404 Eyewitness Testimony from Mary "Fifi" Mukangoga plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168322449 Fifi was 16 years old when the Rwandan genocide began in 1994. As violence escalated in Butare, her hometown, she sought protection at a local government office with other Tutsi, including Chantal, who would become a close friend.]]> 2022-05-03 13:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168322449 PERPETRATORS plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168327508 Watch testimonies given by perpetrators of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. They share their experiences and the consequences of the acts they committed in the 1994, including facing justice, rejoining society and reconciliation. ]]> 2022-05-03 13:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168327508 ELDERS plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168329585 Watch testimonies given by elders talking about life in post-independence Rwanda, how Rwandans were divided and other events leading to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.]]> 2022-05-03 13:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168329585 SURVIVORS plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168335253 Watch testimonies given by survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. They talk about life before 1994, the events leading up to the genocide, surviving the genocide, loss of family, friends and other topics.]]> 2022-05-03 13:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168335253 Some questions to consider before looking into the information given. plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168357096 1.) Do you think if others in the international community would have gotten involved when the warning was sent, could have accomplished the deterrence of the violence?

2.) What themes can you see throughout the testimonies of the witnesses?

3.) During your experience, do you believe that this genocide should be a part of education, just like the Holocaust?]]> 2022-05-03 14:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168357096 Biblography plazak https://padlet.com/plazak/tytcuqa43knbo50f/wish/2168411111
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AP Photos: 25 years ago, images exposed Rwanda's genocide. (2019, April 4). AP News. Retrieved May 3, 2022, from https://apnews.com/article/6b874574970b4670b362d7fbb2b07b39

Eyewitness Testimony — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2022, from https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/rwanda/eyewitness-testimony

Fertitta, M. M. (2020, January). When Priests Forgot About God: An Analysis of the Catholic Church's Role in Genocide. 7(1).

Journeyman Pictures. (2018, November 6th). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ZZ-4Wda1U&t=6s
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USNews.com. Retrieved May 3, 2022, from https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/photos/2019/04/04/photos-remembering-rwandas-1994-genocide-25-years-later

Schliesser, C. (2018, January). From "a Theology of Genocide" to a "Theology of Reconciliation" On the Role of Christian Churches in the Nexus of Religion and Genocide in Rwanda.

Testimonies. (n.d.). Genocide Archive Rwanda. Retrieved April 28th, 2022, from https://genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw/index.php/COLLECTIONS

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