rwanda has had a bad history of genocide but the nyamasheke region was one of the most devastated areas the turquoise zone the french forces were in cyangugu gikongoro and part of kibuye province was involved because the genocide was slow to stop as the mayor of nyamasheke district explained the mayor of nyamasheke habyarimana jean baptiste said we spent three months in the genocide because we were in the turquoise zone it also made us welcome murderers who came from other places and fled to our house he reminded the people that from the year 1995 to the year 2000 the survivors continued to be killed one by one even when there were clear courts he asked them that this particular history should be taught to them saying this history should not be ignored but should be a lesson the district mayor explained to the 10000 people present that the history of the genocide does not end in 1994 but that they should be remembered starting from the time of the whites and the fact that they have been introducing racial divisions among rwandans emmanuel nshimiyimana