Bavandi,
Hari Umwongereza wasomye bimwe mu byanditswe mu cyongereza kuri iyi forum maze anyoherereza email abaza ibisobanuro.
Nta kwihishahisha cg propaganda: Mbishyize hano kugira ngo uwunva hari aho nabeshye anyomoze. Kubyandika mu Cyongereza maze akabyibonera byarushaho kuba byiza.
Ukuli kuvugirwa ahagaragara kandi kukemera critiques: Kuva ntakorera Inyenzi, Inkotanyi, Inyangarwanda cg Ibipinga, Forces Negatives, Abafite Ingengabitekerezo ya genocide etc...nifuje gushyira ibyo namubwiye ahabona.
Uyu Mwongereza yabajije ati:
GACACA court ni iki? RPF, RPA, FAR, FDLR, IBUKA, Inyenzi, Inkotanyi, Inyangarwanda, Ibipinga, Ingengabitekerezo ya genocide, Forces Negatives ni iki?
Namuhaye ibisobanuro ci-dessous:
Please find below the definition and short sentences
about the terms you've highlighted:
1. GACACA court: This is a form of rural justice
(organized in villages) where people come together and
say what they saw or knew during the genocide
(massacre of Tutsis).
Because Hutus are perceived as the "killers", it is
expected that Hutus will point a finger at who did
what etc...
Please note however that the Tutsi rebellion called
RPF (Rwanda patriotic front) and its armed branch
Rwanda patriotic army- RPA)mercilessly massacred Hutus
civilian during its power quest.
And GACACA does not look into these killings.
During the remembrance day, only Tutsis victims are
remembered, and their remains are sought and buried in
Honor- but this does not apply to Hutus.
RPF and RPA have killed Hutus during their war
campaign 1990-1994 and followed Hutu refugees in DRC
where thousands (no estimate yet) were slaughtered.
The UN at one point talked of COUNTER-GENOCIDE.
So, really, for GACACA to be the basis of peace and
reconciliation, it would make more sens if it looked
at all crimes, both by Hutus and Tutsis.
2. RPF: Rwanda Patriotic Front (Tutsis who went in
exile in 1959 after they lost power to Hutus). This is
a political branch, the army branch is called Rwanda
Patriotic Army (RPA)
3. RPA: Rwanda Patriotic Army
4. FAR: This was the national army before Tutsis came
to power in 1994. It is in French and translated to
English as:Rwanda Armed Forces
5. FDLR: This is a rebellion made of HUTUS, some of
whom have participated in the genocide of Tutsis, who
are in exile mostly DRC. They buy weapon and have some
support with a view to militarily oust RPF/RPA,which
is in power since July 1994.
6. Terms used to discredit, label, insult etc... each
other.
a. Terms coined by Hutus against Tutsis:
- Inyenzi: This is a humiliating term meaning
cockroaches. Hutus used this term each time Tutsis
tried to fight their way back into the country. Please
note that between 1959 (when Tutsi went to exile) and
1990 (their final winning attack), they had tried
several times but were defeated.
- Inyangarwanda: Enemies of Rwanda
- Inkotanyi: Actually RPF still calls itself so, b'se
it means "enduring fighters". You can see that even on
their official website (Unfortunately their English
version of the site doesn't seem to be running)
http://www.rpfinkotanyi.co.rw/amatora.htm
NB: calling anyone any of the above in 1994 meant
putting a "death" label on him/her!!!!!!!!!!
b. Terms coined by Tutsis against Hutu
- Ibipinga: This comes from Kiswahili to mean
"terrible opposition member", but please note the term
is very diminutive.
- Negatives Forces: This has been used almost to
collectively label Hutus as such, and it means people
working for a negative agenda.
- Ingengabitekerezo ya genocide: This means people
with the ideology of genocide. And this is again used
either collectively against Hutu, or at least against
anyone with a view opposite to that of RPA/RPF.
NB: So, the truth is, whereas the ethnic label has
been taken away from the national identity, it has
been replaced by the use of such terms. If used by
Hutus, everyone knows who they are intended for and
what they mean, and if used by a Tutsi everyone knows
who they are intended for and what they mean.
6. IBUKA: This is an association grouping the victims
of the Tutsi genocide.
My view on this is that it is a much needed charity,
b'se people living with scars of rape, etc... do
really need support: psychological and others.
I also believe there should be another charity of this kind uniting Hutus who lost their loved ones, or who live with similar
scars, either from 1990-1994 war, post
1994 revenge or RPA/RPF DRC invasion. It would be really a mistake to believe IBUKA could unite both sets of VICTIMES (even if it was given such a mandate)
Please note Hutus victims are simply abandoned to
themselves, and are instead encouraged to honor the
Tutsi deads and never theirs on every remembrance day.
Simon.
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