All the others were killed. He started the politics of exclusion again, privileging Hutus from the North. The West chose to ignore this. So the killers went on killing with impunity. What is happening in Rwanda needs to be addressed not in terms of ethnicity but in terms of who the killers are.
Ethnicity is a part of the problem because it has been created to be part of the problem.
Because of brainwashing, it has taken on an independent life. If the Government is clear that the political problem is about maintaining peace and justice for all then it can succeed. Joseph Mutaboba studied and now teaches Information and Communication studies at the University of North London. He is consultant on Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire to NGOs and commentator on those countries for the BBC World Service. The Working Group Against Racism in Children's Resources Newsletter, No 3, Summer 1991.