How a Government Made Ordinary People Kill Their Neighbors | The Rwandan Genocide

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on the Rwandan genocide. Before the killing starts, we need to understand how it became possible. This video is for documentary and educational purposes. No images or footage shown are intended to shock the viewer. Everything is displayed in context and censored as much as possible without sacrificing the need to tell a compelling story with the actual footage. If you love our work, consider supporting the channel via Patreon:   / bisimedia   Become a Channel Member to get access to perks:    / @bisimedia   Naira Account No: 7810120458, Wema Bank Buy Kema a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/kema ***** Narration of this video was done with ElevenLabs Voice AI: https://try.elevenlabs.io/x5j4g8f8tkyz ***** Video Sources: Gérard Prunier — The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Columbia University Press, 1995). Philip Gourevitch — We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998). Alison Des Forges / Human Rights Watch — Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda (Human Rights Watch, 1999). Mahmood Mamdani — When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda (Princeton University Press, 2001). Linda Melvern — Conspiracy to Murder: The Rwandan Genocide (Verso, 2004). Roméo Dallaire — Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (Random House Canada, 2003). Wikipedia — Rwandan Genocide (sourced document provided). Used extensively for chronological factual grounding and cross-referencing. ***** Clips and Image credits: Getty Images:    / gettyimages   AP Archive:    / aparchive   British Pathe:    / @britishpathe   Intsinzi TV:    / @intsinzitv   OWANAPAEDIA:    / @owanapaedia   Maps: https://www.freevectorflags.com www.vemaps.com https://davidrumsey.com Free Piks: https://www.freepik.com Adeyinka Makinde:    / @adeyinkamakinde6164   Music used https://share.epidemicsound.com/b3whp2 #Bisi #Rwanda #Kagame **** All materials in this video are used for educational purposes and fall within the fair use guidelines. No copyright infringement is intended. AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: There may be a few links in this description that, at no cost to you, will earn me a commission if you click them and purchase. Don’t worry; we only promote things that have genuinely helped us. Copyright © Bisi Media 2026