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Between April and July 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandans were murdered in the most rapid genocide ever recorded. In its sheer brutality, the Rwanda genocide has been compared to the Holocaust. Dr. Helen Epstein of Bard College will chronicle how the U.S. preoccupation with terrorism and its naïve dealings with strongmen are at the root of much of the turmoil in eastern and central Africa.