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Burnet, Jennie E. "The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda." Africa Today 54.4 (2008): 116-9. ProQuest Discovery. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.

In Burnet’s article, she talks about a book Scott Straus wrote about the Rwandan genocide’s. She notes how he interviewed many of the imprisoned murders and some of the survivors. The data he collected helps explained why this happened and what went on during this horrible event in history.

Cox, Lynne. Grayson. New York: A. A. Knopf, 2006. Print.

This book is written by a teenage girl, who lives in California. Her passion is to swim, and since she lives by the ocean that is where she swims every morning. It was a regular morning for Cox, but something out of the blue happened. The owner of a bait shop motioned for her to come in to the dock; once she was there he told her that there was a baby whale following her. This baby whale had lost its mom during their migration. Cox was determined to help find this baby whale’s mom. She risked her life to help this whale.

Hodge, Lonnie. “Haiku.” America 12 Apr.1997: 5. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.

This article focuses more on how to think and understand the genocides and the refugees. Hodge describes her feeling of uncertainty about her trips to Rwanda. After a phone call with her friend, she changes her perspective about the genocides, and is out to help them.

Ilibagiza, Immaculée, and Steve Erwin. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. Carlsbad, Calif: Hay House, Inc., 2006. Print.

This is a book is written by a girl who lived in Rwanda. She describes how she worked hard to be educated, because she was a Tutsi girl. There were two social groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. During this time it was looked down upon if you were a Tutsi, which made it more difficult for Immaculee Ilibagiza to go further in her education. She comes home from college a little before Easter break, and a war breaks out between the Hutus and the Tutsi. Her journey is very rough; however she would always find a way to get over her fears.

Pavon, Beatriz. "Genocide survivors still face an uncertain future." UN Chronicle Dec. 2004: 63+. Gale Power Search. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.

This article talks about the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocides. They talk about the UN going into Rwanda, but not being able to meet all of the Rwandans needs and problems, because the lack of money and time.

Shiffman, Ken. "As Genocide Raged, General's Pleas for Help Ignored." CNN. Cable News Network, 10 Dec. 2008. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/13/sbm.dallaire.profile/>.

CNN interviewed the General who was sent in to Rwanda as a peacemaker for the Hutus and Tutsis. He described how he had to watch helplessly as thousands of Tutsis died. He explained how he would tell the UN that they needed more help, but they weren’t interested. The events that he had to o through were very difficult, especially because he couldn’t a a whole lot to help them out.

"UN Admits Rwanda Genocide Failure." BBC News. Ed. BBC. BBC, 15 Apr. 2000. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.  <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/714025.stm>

In this article, BBC talks about how the UN admitted for the peacemaking of the Rwandan Genocide’s to be a failure. Even though they tried, they did not have the money or militia, and the killers were too powerful. Sadly, they couldn’t help the Rwandans all that much because of their limitations.

"U.N. Helps Rwandan Refugees to Return." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 1995. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/16/opinion/l-un-helps-rwandan-refugees-to-return-567195.html>.

This article describes the ways that the UN has helped the refugees. The new tactic that they are doing is making the refugees return home. They are making them return to their homeland so that they can start to rebuild what they had, and move on to the future.

 

"The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Evidence of Inaction." The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Evidence of Inaction. Ed. William Ferroggiaro. The National Security Archive, 20 Aug. 2001. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB53/index.html>.

This website has an article that takes you through the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocides. It gives you facts and statistics. The main point they focus in on is what the US did throughout this Rwandan civil war.

Waters, Tony. "Assessing the Impact of the Rwandan Refugee Crisis on Development Planning in Rural Tanzania, 1994-1996." Human organization 58.2 (1999): 142-52. ProQuest Discovery. Web. 28 Feb. 2013.

This article described what happened as the refugees of the Rwandan genocides rushed into camps in Negara. They mention how supplies such as water and food ran out very quickly because of how many refugees were in these camps. They also described how they started helping the Rwandans get jobs, and how they developed afte
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