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Photo by @amivitale | Faded photographs hang from wires inside the Kigali Genocide Memorial (@kigali_memorial) in Rwanda. They display the awkward poses of men and women of modest means who perhaps possessed only this one image of themselves, taken years before their murders. Children are pictured with a favorite sport, favorite drinks (milk and tropical Fanta), the name of a best friend. Then come the skulls, many with the marks of machetes. The memorial describes the events leading up to April 7, 1994, when extremists from the Hutu ethnic majority sought to exterminate an entire minority group, the Tutsi. During a hundred days, they killed an estimated 800,000 people, mostly Tutsi but including Hutu moderates too. Ordinary citizens targeted neighbors, even relatives (intermarriage was not uncommon). Hutu and Tutsi shared a language, a culture, and strong Christian beliefs in most cases. Even when Tutsi sought refuge in churches, they were massacred; some priests and nuns took part. After three months, a rebel force led by Tutsi exiles ousted the regime, halted the genocide, and took power.
Since the genocide, Rwandans have worked steadily to heal and renew themselves and their country in the years after the genocide, sewing seeds of hope for the future along the way. This week, the nation began a 100-day mourning period in honor of the 25th anniversary of the genocide. For more stories of hope and renewal, follow @amivitale @thephotosociety #rwanda #rwandangenocide #healing

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