The facts, causes, and consequences of the genocide in Rwanda analyzed by a group of authors.

In spring 1994, Rwanda suffered a major tragedy: a genocide that decimated most of the Tutsi population. Here, the authors explore the shock that these events engendered: their own speechlessness; the ways in which these massacres oriented their research, writing, or creations; and the cultural, ideological, social, and political roots behind this genocide. Because this mass crime was the fruit of a complex chain of causalities.