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 gathered in a school complex under construction during the 1994 genocide. Pushed to gather there by the local authorities on 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 Rwanda’s population lives in a multitude of small villages spread over a hilly landscape. Marked by a high density, the Rwandan countryside will become the main place of deployment of massacres.