Twenty-two years after the genocide of approximately one million people, Rwanda is in relatively the same conundrum it was all those years ago. The genocide did not merely “happen” because the conflict manifested in previous centuries, erupting to the surface only to be shoved under the rug repeatedly, constantly pretending that the situation was under control. The conflict between the Hutu and the Tutsi is one based in history and the current illegalization of ethnicity as a response to prevent violence will not have any positive results. All of the events of the past are capable of explaining the issues facing Rwanda today and provide examples of what to avoid, yet the authoritarian government under Kagame refuse to acknowledge the presence
