Genocide and Empathy Growth

The Rwanda Genocide

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A very powerful but truly sad story of two clans in Rwanda.
Shake hands with the devil was my first introduction to Romeo Dallaire's harrowing battle as a UN general of Unamar from Quebec drew his small forces and white suburbans over bloody soils.
I think back as heavily armed gunman walked thru villages killing women and children in masses.
Tramatized Hutu extremists faught against the Tutsis wandering thru the jungle villages out of control killing thousands.

Song

Dallaire is the inspiration for the song "Lt. Gen. Romeo D'Allaire" by defined by what we steal on the 2004 "New Face of Freedom" in which the genocide in Rwanda was described. It was also the inspiration for the song Kigali by Canadian singer-songwriter, Jon Brooks. The song appears on his album Ours and the Shepherds, which is about Canadian war stories and the problems faced by returning soldiers. His first verse is taken directly from Dallaire's book.

Also, "Romeo Dallaire" is the title of a folk song written by Canadian folk songwriter Andy McGaw. McGaw's song points squarely at the indifference and failure of the United Nations response to the Rwanda genocide.

Chorus of McGaw's song:

Thank you for callin' the United NationsWe can't take your call right now cause we're all on vacationIf you need support hug your teddy bearIf you're in big trouble boys better say your prayers

Dallaire is the subject of the song Run Romeo Run on the 2006 album The Great Western by Welshman James Dean Bradfield. He was the inspiration for the song "Dallaire" by the Canadian folk singer Cara Luft, from her album "Darlingford".