Rwanda: What Kind of Life Would a Genocide Survivor Have Lived?

THIS TIME of the year is a period for sombre reflection. That's because the idea of genocide should trigger consideration about serious shortcomings of the human race. In Rwanda commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi is always a reminder that the carnage took place right in our neighbourhoods. It brings the idea of genocide too close for comfort.

It was in the course of thinking about all this that I found myself thinking about the lives of those who somehow managed to survive this madness. How do they cope with life? What do the conditions in which they live mean to the rest of us?

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