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Jun182015
Ideologies and illusions
By Dave Fullerton
In his superb but harrowing book, A time for machetes. The Rwandan genocide: the killers speak, Jean Hatzfeld records an interview…
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Jan102014
Teacher resources: conflict and peace
By Dave Fullerton
The personal encounters with survivors and perpetrators challenge students to think through the ideas and actions which lead to conflict – or build peace. They also hold out the possibilities for recovery, unity and hope.

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May172013
Democracy in Rwanda today
By Dave Fullerton
The question of democracy in Rwanda is a really difficult one. “The first reason it’s a difficult question is that…
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May072013
Reconciliation in Rwanda today
By Dave Fullerton
Phil Clark is Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics at the University of London. He is a political scientist specialising…
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Apr132013
Survivors and perpetrators
By Dave Fullerton
YESTERDAY WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS FILMING with Ukuri Kuganze, a group of genocide perpetrators and survivors. They actively share their stories and…
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Apr022013
The danger of the single story
By Dave Fullerton
Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice, and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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Mar312013
“They should still be here”
By Dave Fullerton
The Irish writer and journalist Fergal Keane, who travelled through Rwanda as the genocide was ending said, “this is not a subject for fine words.” Yet the memorials, selected writings and simple descriptions by Rwandans are both beautiful and intensely moving.

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Mar032013
African roots guitar
By Dave Fullerton
Jacques ‘Popo’ Murigande calls his music ‘world blues’. He loves playing around the intersection of the different traditional styles of Batwa, Bahutu and Batutsi music.

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