Every year in April, Rwanda pauses to remember one of the darkest chapters in human history: the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. For those encountering this history for the first time, it is difficult to comprehend the scale of the tragedy that unfolded in just 100 days. Yet it is equally important to understand not only what happened, but also how a nation devastated by violence has worked to rebuild itself through resilience, unity, and reconciliation.
In 1994, Rwanda experienced a genocide in which more than one million…
