Recounts Rwanda's history from the 1885 partitioning of Africa which made it a German colony, to Belgian conquest during WWI, the creation of a republic in 1961, and the ultimately catastrophic regime of Habyarimana.

The tragic participation of Africans from the French colonies in major world conflicts is a very important issue. We have just commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Europe. Unfortunately, not a single African or Asian who fought alongside the allies has been honoured together with his French, American and English brothers in arms....