Report of a Visit to Rwanda: September 1-22, 1994
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Issue: A Journal of Opinion
- Vol. 23 (2) , 32-38
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1548450500004789
Abstract
It is 35-40 kilometers from the Burundi border to the town of Butare. Over the entire route, I saw only four people, two on the road and two at a riverbank, about to do their washing. [This, in what was formerly one of the most densely populated areas of the country.] In the fields were unharvested beans and sorghum; banana groves had not been maintained; the coffee trees in flower had not received mulch; the harvest will be mediocre. The paths to each homestead were overrun by weeds. The destroyed homes of Tutsi or other “nuisances” [Hutu opponents to the former regime or those who protected Tutsi] appeared as gaping sores in the countryside.Keywords
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