Fireworks, Bbq’s and friends getting together… Red white and blue, the band plays and the parade comes by. A day of celebration, liberation. Happy Fourth! Rwanda too celebrates their day of liberation on July 4th. Liberation from mass murders, rape, running and terror; genocide.
Today, July 3rd we visited one of the genocide memorials. Seeing the video footage, the pictures and reading the testimonies made me disgusted. Satan must have had a great time, it is just evil.
Thinking of liberation day for Rwanda made me wonder if we can’t come up with a different name for such a day. Though there was liberation of the direct physical enemy, liberation day was just the start. Liberation day is the closing of the physical horror and the start of the emotional one. Disassociation stopped at liberation day, the reality started. What a bitter-sweet day this must be. Maybe as time goes by it will be a true day of celebration just like in the States. But for Rwanda… maybe 50 or 60 years from now the colors of the flag, yellow, blue and green, will be displayed throughout the nation, fireworks will go up and people have a cheerful attitude.
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