1994 Rwandan genocide testimony by Wellars Nsanzimana

Wellars Nsanzimana, a boy from Commune Masango in Gitarama Prefecture, describes the origin of divisions between the Twa, Tutsi, and Hutu including the role of schools in fomenting division in society. He questions the role of international non-governmental organizations in Rwanda and accuses them of supporting Interahamwe militia. He tells that members of this group were armed with guns, spears, and club and attacked Tutsis, burned their homes, stole their property and livestock and killed them. Interahamwe would bury people alive, stone people to death, or slash someone into pieces. Young Tutsi children were swung in the air and thrown onto a wall until dead. Women and girls were rape and lists of people to be killed were pinned at schools and shopping centers. Wellars recalls hiding in a millet farm where a woman who gave birth.When the newborn cried, a militia group came and killed the woman and the newborn. Wellars now wants justice, but states that some people who are using bribes to circumvent justice. He advocated that children orphaned by the genocide should be given more assistance and support. He is also against people claiming to be genocide survivors in order to get support from the government.