Rwanda: The genocide against the Tutsi
How colonial identity, extremist politics and ‘hate radio’ helped turn Rwanda’s genocide into organised mass murder.
This episode on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda examines one of the few mass atrocities universally recognised under international law.
It also explores how economic crisis, civil war and the Arusha peace process created space for extremists, who used newspapers, churches and “hate radio” to prepare people for mass murder.
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