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Report of a Visit to Rwanda: September 1-22, 1994

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Monique Mujawamariya
Monique Mujawamariya*
Affiliation:
Association Rwandaise pour la Défense des Droits de la Personne et des Libertés Publiques (A.D.L), Montréal, P.Q., Canada
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It is 35-40 kilometers from the Burundi border to the town of Butare. Over the entire route, I saw only four people, two on the road and two at a riverbank, about to do their washing. [This, in what was formerly one of the most densely populated areas of the country.] In the fields were unharvested beans and sorghum; banana groves had not been maintained; the coffee trees in flower had not received mulch; the harvest will be mediocre. The paths to each homestead were overrun by weeds. The destroyed homes of Tutsi or other “nuisances” [Hutu opponents to the former regime or those who protected Tutsi] appeared as gaping sores in the countryside.

Type
Research Article
Information
African Issues , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 32 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1995 

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