Feature History - Rwandan Genocide (1/2)

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Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring the Rwandan Genocide without the genocide...yet.
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Intro Song
Ross Bugden - Ghibli's Waltz
Music
Kevin MacLeod - Deuces
Tony Allen - Afro Beat
Oscar Sulley - Bukom Mashie Mashie
Simon Bikindi - Nanga Abahutu
Marc Canham - Sign of Relief
Marc Canham - Unleashed
Marc Canham - To Those Who Kill
Marc Canham - The Eyes Move Out
Andrea Guerra - Whispered Song

[FeatureHistory]

Given that the intro overshadowed the video to the point 90% of comments were talking about it, I took it out
CORRECTIONS N SHIZZ
- Pronunciation is as usual; flawed
- Just about every symbol in this video is made up, not real symbols
- 3:04 It's Ruanda-Urundi, not Ruanda-Burundi
- 6:47 Rwandan PATRIOTIC Front, not the Rwandan Political Front

[Aleph_Nul]

Fun Fact:
The "U" in UN stands for Useless

[matthiasoc]

@3:02 "Rwanda was given to Belgium after WW!..."

Oh no. This won't be good.

[inferno_slayer]

It’s amazing because nowadays Rwanda is one of the best and fast developing countries in Africa

[jamestang]

Rwanda: Belgium's other failed colonial experiment.
Featuring special guest: the German Empire

[nedisahonkey]

Sad part is that a similar genocide could erupt at almost any time in Burundi. The good news is Rwanda has healed remarkably since the genocide and is actually developing fairly well. But just a country away the same ethnic groups are at each other's throat and on the verge of genocide.

[tec-jones]

Crazy how far Rwanda has come. Through everything. Now they are one of the fastest growing nations on Earth. They have the most representation and political freedom for women in office of any nation on earth, more than even Denmark and Norway. Now Kigali is the cleanest city in Africa, and the nation is growing fast. Rwanda still has a long way to go, but they are well on their way. Kagame promised it would be a lower middle economy by 2020. Never stop Rwanda. Show the world you weren't willing to just lay down, rot, and die. Love to Rwanda, from the US

[BakaryD]

This genocide really makes me feel uneasy. Babies skulls crushed on church walls. Million dying in less than 4 month. 250k women raped, tortured, shitted on, pregnant women Humanity scares me.

[HistoryMarche]

This immediately reminds me of Hotel Rwanda.

[droidroot]

Rwanda now has a rapidly expanding economy and they are expected to become the African version of Singapore. It's interesting to see how far they've developed since then.

[RKNGL]

You have to love that YouTube demonitzes educational content, but scoffs at demonitizing drama channels which stir up constant controversy.

[ideclaredwaronyourfrenchas]

Very informative yet being brief with quality visuals. Why can’t our schools uses sources like this?

[justjam]

As a fellow African the comeback Rwanda has done is great and gives me hope :)

[saulndayambaje]

My Mum, Dad My aunty so as some other relatives escaped the horrible genocide my mum and aunty some times tell my family stories about the genocide and how they escaped the traumatic acts of the hutus. Trust me the war dosen't sound bad but trust me it is HORRIBLE.
God bless your day 🥰 Want to say more but I can't without getting sad 🥺 (sorry for bad English)

[katiebethb]

I learned about this in my International Human Rights class in university, and I read a book called "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families" by Philip Gourevitch. The book is an interesting read in that it inserts you directly into a first-person experience of the turmoil and terror of the Rwandan Genocide, but it is expresses by a journalist who traveled to Rwanda. I find the motivation for the genocide to be very interesting to think about. The two races, from an outsider's perspective, seemed to be fully integrated into each other, yet they still saw differences between each other. There is more to it than that. but that aspect stands out to me. Anyway, thank you for reading this if you did, and i appreciate this video a lot.

[efe]

"A million died, it's not funny, We're bad people, all of us."

[iansavard]

Great video as always! I love the "no eye" aestethic, gives the images more artistic value! Can't wait for part 2, carry on the great work!

[bartolomeestebanmurillo]

UN 1945: Never again!
Rwanda and Bosnia: Are we a joke to you?!

[psyxypher]

"You sure we should let them write their own laws? You know, maybe that minority they were oppressing might decided they want revenge."
"Nah, they'll be fine."
"Well, if you say so. Besides, what's the worst that could happen?"

[pattonjeffrey]

Thanks for all the videos Feature History! You make it fun to learn about history.