The specificities of the genocide of the Tutsi
The places of massacre
View of the hills surrounding the Murambi memorial where several tens of thousands of Tutsis were grouped in a school complex under construction during the 1994 genocide. Urged to gather there by the local authorities under the pretext of guaranteeing their safety, between 35,000 and 40,000 people were massacred. In Murambi, on 4 September 2012.
© Vincent Boisot
In a largely rural country, the majority of the population of Rwanda lives in a multitude of small villages spread over a landscape of hills. Marked by a high density, the Rwandan countryside will become the main location for the deployment of massacres.