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U.S. Popular Culture and the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda<\/p><\/div>\n

Cover of a Significant Work of Scholarship on the Media and the Genocide.<\/em><\/p>\n

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U.S. Popular Culture and the 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda<\/h4>\n

The 1994 Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda has not received much\u2014or sufficient\u2014attention in Western and American popular culture. The wildly successful, film Hotel Rwanda<\/em>\u2014with all of its flaws\u2014is the only knowledge many Americans have of the genocide. How could an event of this magnitude have been ignored by a culture raised on the motto, \u201cNever Forget\u201d? Looking at the world\u2019s disinterest in Rwanda, at the time and afterward, one can see how powerful leaders dismissed the genocide as simply what they believed happens in Africa; part of a trend of ignoring the struggles and needs of post-colonial societies. Western inaction and disregard, moreover, seem to have complicated with guilt the ability of Americans and others to address the history of this genocide comfortably. The question of \u201cwhere were we?\u201d looms ever-present in all media depictions, if only implicitly. How can one even tell a story that Hollywood would eat up about \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cbad\u201d in this conflict, when U.N. officials at the time said that the whole horrific affair was too complicated to understand or manage? By recognizing how the West can ignore such atrocities, we can begin to understand how America and much of the West has ignored horrors like the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

Quick Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rwandan Genocide: How it was Prepared\u201d via Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

World Outside My Shoes<\/a><\/p>\n

Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dallaire, Rom\u00e9o, and Kofi Annan. \u201cThe Media Dichotomy.\u201d In The Media and the Rwanda <\/em>Genocide<\/em>, edited by Allan Thompson, 12\u201319. Pluto Press, 2007.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodman, Walter. \u201cOf Rwanda and Simpson, Serious and Sensational<\/a>.\u201d The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0 July 26, 1994.<\/p>\n

Mirzoeff, Nicholas. “Invisible Again: Rwanda and Representation after Genocide<\/a>.” African Arts\u00a0<\/em>38,<\/em> no. 3 (2005): 36+.<\/p>\n

Vaught, Seneca. \u201cWhy the Rwandan Genocide Felt like a Drive-By Shooting<\/a>.\u201d The Journal of\u00a0<\/em>Pan-African Studies<\/em>, November 10, 2007.<\/p>\n

Photo Source<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cover of Allan Thompson, ed,\u00a0The Media and Rwanda Genocide\u00a0<\/em>(Pluto Press, 2007).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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