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In less than a hundred days from April 7th to July 4th, 1994, more than 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus of Rwanda were massacred in one of the worst genocides of the century. Up to date, people are still trying to process the causes of this madness. How could such a thing happen? How to explain such madness?
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Rutayisire, A. (2009). Rwanda: Repentance and Forgiveness – Pillars of Genuine Reconciliation. In: Forgiveness and Reconciliation. Peace Psychology Book Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0181-1_11
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