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More than a decade after the Rwandan genocide, reconciliation comes in forms not only political and diplomatic, but also artistic. Michael Kavanagh reports on a radio soap opera in Kigali – a Shakespearean love story complete with murder, thievery, a Romeo, and his Juliet.
Thank you for this excellent report. As the two psychologists mentioned in the above story whose work is the basis for the educational content of the radio programs and who collaborated with the producers in creating it , we would like to send a correction. The programs depict two neighboring villages and try to avoid identifying one village as Hutu and the other as Tutsi. The programs' purpose is to show the effects of various psychological, social, economic, and historical factors in setting the stage for group violence. In addition, the programs are meant to convey information about trauma and recovery, and reconciliation between groups after hostility and violence. In addition, Musekeweya is a format that was produced, developed and financed (and not funded) by the organization la benevolencija.
Laurie Anne Pearlman & Ervin Staub
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