What initially drew Rwandans and the world's attention to the play was the sheer size of its cast when it first debuted at the 10th Genocide commemoration on April 7, 2004. That time, it was performed by a cast of 1,000 actors!
The following year (July 2005), the Mashirika troupe staged the play at the 31st G8 Summit in Edinburg in the UK.
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