The word ‘genocide’ has been used several times in history: of the Ottoman slaughter of Armenian Christians in 1915, of the Nazi murder of Jews during the Second World War and, more recently, of what is simply termed the Rwandan Genocide. The last named occurred just twenty years ago but, I suspect, many reading this would have but a vague idea of those events. They were, however, as horrifying as the evil unleashed proved indiscriminate. One tribe, the Hutus, the majority tribal group in Rwanda took to killing the minority tribe, the Tutsis.
Neno ‘mauaji ya halaiki’ umetumika mara kadhaa katika historia: ya kuchinjwa Ottoman ya Wakristo Armenian mwaka 1915, ya mauaji Nazi ya Wayahudi wakati wa Vita ya Pili ya Dunia, na hivi sasa, kwa yale tu wanaiita Mauaji ya Kimbari ya Rwanda. mwisho aitwaye ilitokea miaka ishirini tu iliyopita lakini, mimi mtuhumiwa, wengi kusoma hii ingekuwa lakini wazo utata wa matukio hayo. Walikuwa, hata hivyo, kama horrifying kama uovu unleashed imeonekana kiholela. kabila moja, Wahutu, wengi kundi kikabila katika Rwanda alichukua mauaji ya kabila ndogo, Watutsi.