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Stories Set in Rwanda
Rwanda is a small, densely settled country of hills and lakes in central Africa. Belgian rule hardened ethnic categories, and the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi killed around 800,000 people, so later stories center on survival, courts and reconciliation alongside mountain forests. Hotel Rwanda and Shooting Dogs both portray the genocide from different compounds in Kigali. Open Rwanda on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 21 books and 17 movies set in Rwanda.
Hotel Rwanda
Inspired by true events this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses…
Gorillas in the Mist
One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, Gorillas in the Mist is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of…
Gorillas in the Mist
The story of Dian Fossey a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas and later fought to protect them.
Shooting Dogs
Two westerners a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees or escape the country with their lives?…
Trees of Peace
In April of 1994 four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped and hiding during the Rwandan genocide. Their fight for survival against all odds unites the women in an unbreakable sisterhood.
Small Country: An African Childhood
Gabriel aged 10 lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid happy carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993 tensions in…
Sometimes in April
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Shake Hands With the Devil
Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and all too true story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as…
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally…
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
In April of 1994, the government of Rwanda called on everyone in the Hutu majority to kill everyone in the Tutsi minority. Over the next three months, 800,000 Tutsis were murdered in the most unambiguous case of…
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