Rwandans tasked with the continued education of Youth on 1994 Genocide against Tutsis

This was noted by Scholars who were speaking on Sunday in Kigali during a Café Litteraire session that was organized by the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG).

The event that was organized in line with the 24th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, was graced by the First Lady, Mrs Jeannette Kagame.

Officiating the event, Mrs Jeannette Kagame, said that Café Littéraire sessions are crucial for broadening knowledge and encouraged the audience to continue reading about different works on history.

“I am a fan of these Café Littéraire sessions because they broaden our horizons as readers, and also because I find it essential to encourage the organizers to continue this activity that enriches the cultural and intellectual life of our country,” she said.

She also introduced the panelists that were to lead the session mainly CNLG’s Executive Secretary Jean Damascène Bizimana, Rwandan Belgian author Albert Toch, and André Twahirwa.

André Twahirwa insisted on the importance of using the appropriate and right words while speaking on the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis and commended UN’s General Assembly ‘s move that designated April 7 as the ‘International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

“The UN’s General Assembly that designated April 7 as the ‘International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, solved previous descriptions of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi as ‘the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda’, he said

Mr Twahirwa also said that Rwandans should learn to rely on themselves because “If the International community ignored the facts once, they would be able to it twice.”
According to the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against the Genocide (CNLG), Dr Jean Damascène Bizimana, there was a need for continued education of the youth about their history so to prevent them from Ignorance and Genocide negation.

“We must continue to teach Rwandan youngsters about their history so that they can understand how the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis ended up happening,” Bizimana said.