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Everyday Rwanda

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September 14th 2007
Note from Marianne: This is going back in time a bit! I wrote this soon after we were in Rwanda, back in in September. Adam was supposed to write an entry about Kigali and the genocide memorials we visited there (not a comedy). And I wanted to write a more cheery entry about everyday Rwanda because we liked it so much. But Adam hasn't got round to writing his yet so (slightly out of context and ve ... read more

Africa » Rwanda

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more