Carl Wilkens is the director of World Outside My Shoes and upstander in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He was the only American that stayed throughout the 100-day massacre of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus and tries to protect his friend in Rwanda and the kids that lived there and help the people living in Kigali during the brutal times of war.
The genocide was the result of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s death in a plane crash in 1994, according to the United Nations. A Hutu himself, Habyarimana’s assassination sparked the Hutus. The majority of Rwanda’s population, followed by Tutsi and Twa to slaughter the Tutsis to preserve their power.Among the violence and deaths that surrounded him during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Carl
The genocide was the result of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s death in a plane crash in 1994, according to the United Nations. A Hutu himself, Habyarimana’s assassination sparked the Hutus. The majority of Rwanda’s population, followed by Tutsi and Twa to slaughter the Tutsis to preserve their power.Among the violence and deaths that surrounded him during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Carl