Episode 71: The Rwandan genocide

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2018

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

In the early 1990s, the country of Rwanda struggled through growing tensions between the local ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus led the government, while the Tutsis were targets of harrassment and discrimination. Over the course of a hundred days in 1994, those tensions would erupt in fear, violence, desperation, and genocide.

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1:26.3	along with specific mentions of dismemberment,
1:28.7	murder, and rape. If this is not something that you think you can handle, I would suggest
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1:42.5	graphic images of those who were lost in the disaster.
1:47.0	And finally, I'd like to preemptively apologize for any names or words I might mispronounce during this episode.
1:53.1	Some of the surnames involved are relatively long, and while I practiced quite a few,
1:58.3	I may need to pause here or there to attempt to pronounce them correctly.
2:02.7	So thank you very much for listening.
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