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Rwandan Filmmaker Speaks Before UN Committee
Kari Njiiri
(2006-04-06)
AMHERST, MA
(wfcr) -
April 7 marks the 12th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Rwanda. Over the course of 100 days, 800,000 people were slaughtered through a highly organized campaign waged by government officials, militia members and civilians. Another 200,000 Rwandese are thought to have died in the aftermath through starvation and disease. It's well known now that the genocide was perpetrated in full view of the international community, even while a U.N. mission was in Rwanda to help implement a peace agreement. The U.N. Security Council did not send in troops until after the massacres ended. Eric Kabera, a filmmaker and journalist from Rwanda, has made two films on the genocide -- One Hundred Days and Keepers of Memory. He was in Amherst, Massachusetts recently for the Five College African film festival and spoke with WFCR's Kari Njiiri. Kabera says if the U.N. is to ever regain credibility and relevancy, it needs to take immediate responsibility in preventing genocidal wars.
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