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Genocide in Rwanda: “The nature of the crime was not immediately identified”, according to Dorcy Rugamba, figure of the artistic scene in the country
Genocide in Rwanda: “The nature of the crime was not immediately identified”, according to Dorcy Rugamba, figure of the artistic scene in the country
(FRANCEINFO)
Sunday April 7 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. The actor Dorcy Rugamba, the political scientist Niagalé Bagayoko and the documentarian Thomas Zribi were the guests of 12/13 info.
Between April and July 1994, a million people were massacred in Rwanda. On April 7, 1994, Dorcy Rugamba, actor and figure in the artistic scene of this country, lost his parents and six of his brothers and sisters. He subsequently wrote a letter in the hope of building a common conscience. According to him, this consciousness “took a long time and is starting to take time 30 years later”. “The nature of the crime was not immediately identified”he explains.
According to Niagalé Bagayoko, political scientist and specialist in security policies in Africa, “the policy pursued by Emmanuel Macron from a memorial point of view (…) and the report which focused on the atrocities committed and on the ambiguities of the French military commitment (…) are acts very important with regard to the positioning of France”.
Some “hoped that France would recognize greater responsibility”
Thomas Zribi, journalist and co-author of the documentary Rwanda, in pursuit of the genocidairesevokes the involvement of François Mitterrand in supporting the Rwandan leaders of the time. “Some actors in the associative sector hoped more, that France would recognize greater responsibility”analyzes the journalist.
