Rwanda

Understand the event

The figure of the enemy and the genocide project

Extremist mobilization against "the hereditary enemy" Tutsi and the traitors to the Hutu Nation.
On 26 October 1992, militiamen Interahamwe and extremist MRND militants are sweeping the popular district of Nyamirambo in Kigali to demonstrate their support for the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). On the sign, it reads: " Interahamwe = victory of the MRND."

Federated and in solidarity, racist extremists effectively mobilize the population with hate and incendiary speeches such as the one delivered by Froduald Karamira on 23 October 1993 at the Nyamirambo stadium, sealing the birth of "Hutu Power" and broadcast on RTLM.
The enemy is first among us. We are not going to pretend that the events in Burundi will happen only in Burundi and will spare Rwanda while the enemy is within our walls. Yes, the enemy is among us! Indeed, the enemy has infiltrated among us.
[What follows is a diatribe against the "traitors" in the pay of the FPR. Agathe Uwilinyigimana is called Inyenzi]
In short, activists, we have shown our line of action. [... ] Let us avoid the division of the Hutu, wherever they are; let us avoid being weakened by the division, once attacked; let us avoid the infiltration of traitors who would steal our power. We finally have a slogan within the MDR for all Hutu. Nevertheless, we should demonstrate the power of all Hutu by flying to the aid of Burundi.
Hutu power!
Crowd: Power, power, power! [...]
Froduald Karamira: Hutu is a power!
Crowd: Power, power, power!”

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