by admin | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
The opportunity to lead an immersive travel course in Rwanda was a dream come true for me, and easily the richest and most challenging teaching experience in my career thus far. I hope to continue refining the class in coming years, but I know that the profundity and...
by admin | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our first field trip in Rwanda was a short drive to the villages of Ntarama and Nyamata, less than an hour outside of Kigali. There we visited two closely related massacre sites, which today stand as national memorials to the genocide. Ntarama (pronounced Nah-RAH-mah)...
by admin | May 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you were raised in America, with American parents, are you American? What if your parents were from Germany? Are you German-American? Does your citizenship define your nationality? Your ancestors’ citizenship? What if your family was forced to immigrate to a new...
by admin | Apr 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
The morning of April 7, 1994, the day the genocide started, began like any other for 11-year-old Tuyisenge Narcisse. (Rwandans typically put surnames before first names in writing, but with his permission, I will refer to him as Narcisse.) He and his friends snuck...
by admin | Apr 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our first field trip in Rwanda was a short drive to the villages of Ntarama and Nyamata, less than an hour outside of Kigali. There we visited two closely related massacre sites, which today stand as national memorials to the genocide. Ntarama (pronounced Nah-RAH-mah)...
by admin | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Entering the musty shack next to the church in Ntarama was like entering a tomb. The narrow aisle where I stood between the kind of shelving where most Americans would store Christmas decorations or ski clothes was stuffed with scraps of rust-stained clothing from...
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