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Her name is Elizabeth. She now lives in Quebec city and we have been friends for a few years.
Today May 8th, is the anniversary of her dad execution in the 1972 genocide. ( Tutsi murdering Hutus.) Elizabeth was 9 at the time.
She felt it was her duty to relate publicly how her Dad died.
"Now is the time cause most people involved then, are now dead."
It's hard for me to understand why she has to be so careful when she publicly reports about events from the past.
I will not even try to explain it to you guys. The Burundi or Rwanda cultures are complex. Mostly when it comes to marks of respect or disrespect.
Well, I just wanted to share a bit about what's going on in the African continent.
With the big WWW, Africans in exile can contribute in helping their people to remember.
Like the White People (us) they want to tell about the sad episodes in their history so people remember and don't repeat the same mistakes.
When are we going to pay attention to that part of the World: African continent ?
A famous canadian general (Dallair) said ( with sarcasm) about Darfour: Why should the UN or any other International Alliance pay attention and send troops (money) over there? After all there is only human beings out there, no oil... nothing valuable to protect.
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