After trekking the gorillas in Rhungeri, we went to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. It is the home of Hotel Rwanda and the Genocide Memorial which teaches of the causes, actions, and actors of the Rwandan genocides and remembers the million people who were killed and the millions whose lives were changed forever. The stories and pictures of the mass hunting of the Tutsi (and any moderate Hutus not willing to kill Tutsi people) were chilling and sobering.
The view of the actual Hotel Rwanda from where I stayed.
The Memorial
A mass grave with over 250,000 people's remains.
The place was full of symbolism. Even the fountain decoration showed elephants, the creature with a long memory, saying we will never forget.
Now, over a decade later, Rwandan people have stopped identifying themselves as Hutu or Tutsi but as Rwandan.
- Sent from Africa using my iPad
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