Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Rwanda Genocide Museum

Funded by the Aegis foundation of the UK, the museum highlights the history of Rwanda leading to the genocide along the outer walls. Spiraling inwards one finds sculptures depicting the tragedy and pain; a room filled with 3x5 home shot photos of the victims--hanging along the walls ; a room filled with skulls with machete made inuries and arm and leg bones hacked off. There are other rooms with movie snippets of interviews of survivors that are absolutely heart wrenching....
As one beautiful young woman whose family was killed says,"I am destroyed. I cannot forgive. I am human. It is up to God to forgive..."

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