"The 25th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide," by Dr. Aimable Twagilimana

Dr. Aimable Twagilimana, Professor of English at Buffalo State College, delivered a lecture on the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group at Daemen College on November 7, 2019. The event was co-sponsored by the History & Political Science Department's History & Politics Event Series, together with Daemen's Black Student Union and African Student Organization. Dr. Joseph Sahr Sankoh, Associate Professor of Political Science, coordinated the event. 

Daemen students and community members listen to Twagilimana's lecture (source: WBFO)

 Emphasizing that "words can kill," Twagilimana noted that genocide does not "just happen," but grows from a longer process of othering a particular race or ethnic group, including the use of language that dehumanizes a target population. WBFO radio reporter Mike Desmond filed a story about Twagilimana's lecture, linked here.