Rwandan genocide: "How football saved my life" - BBC Sport Africa

Eric Murangwa Eugene, a Tutsi on the verge of being killed by Hutu extremists during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, recalls how his life was saved. Those who had come to kill him realised he played for one of the country’s biggest clubs and so spared his life.
Today, Eric Murangwa Eugene uses football as a tool to bring harmony in Rwanda in the hope of avoiding such conflict in the future.
This video is part of Crossing Divides, a BBC season bringing people together in a fragmented world.
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  • @kudakchi3959
    @kudakchi39594 жыл бұрын

    The people saying we shouldn’t be reminded are completely wrong. We must always remember so we learn never to do it again.

  • @justizcooljmhangira8781

    @justizcooljmhangira8781

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's true,through such docs we can learn about the past,know what happened elsewhere thereby avoiding such from happening to us and the future generations who might come across them(docs) too.

  • @shannonly23

    @shannonly23

    Жыл бұрын

    We should NEVER stop talking about this. I’m 38 and until recently, I didn’t know very much about the Rwandan genocide. These atrocities should be taught about, at length, in every school across the world. Along with the reality of what my ancestors did to the native people of my country.

  • @michellekabanga3612

    @michellekabanga3612

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@shannonly23but there is other one going in kongo right now

  • @thetravelerwonderfulworld9854
    @thetravelerwonderfulworld98542 жыл бұрын

    I want to visit Rwanda. A few years ago, I met a Rwandan lady and she didn't want to talk about the genocide too. I feel their pain.

  • @yaggalimba7994
    @yaggalimba79944 жыл бұрын

    As an African this doc brought me into tears I respect both ethnic groups to leaving the pass behind and work together for better Rwanda and Africa at large Thank you my brothers and sisters of Rwanda Kigali my second home✌✌

  • @karamutsafrancis
    @karamutsafrancisАй бұрын

    It's not Rwandan genocide it's Genocide against Tutsi in 1994

  • @chrishwacha9587
    @chrishwacha95872 жыл бұрын

    This is incredibly sad, not many words can be said about this. This testimony brings out thousands of emotions one never thought they had.

  • @dan9886
    @dan98864 жыл бұрын

    I watched the movie about what happened in your country, till today it's still one of the saddest thing I've seen. Good to see Rwanda doing great now, your country is arguably the best place to live at the moment in the entire Africa. Hope you guys maintain the peace and continue living as one. Regardless of tribe, religion or whatever we're all humans. GOD BLESS US!

  • @JuanTorres-cg3uw

    @JuanTorres-cg3uw

    2 жыл бұрын

    judging about history, It's about time that nations of color around the world, start classifying the whit man, as a threat to nations of color wellbeing, freedom life, and liberty.

  • @frankie6207
    @frankie62072 жыл бұрын

    It's very hard to forgive & move on seeing the perpetrators still walking free.God heal Rwanda

  • @misskay8131

    @misskay8131

    2 ай бұрын

    I get forgiving people, but I can’t wrap my head around the perpetrators walking away Scott free after what they did. It’s unreal and so unfair and injust.

  • @jeraln3096

    @jeraln3096

    Ай бұрын

    The problem can be that those you call perpatrators may see you as a perpatrator too and they may be wrong but most of the time they say nothing. The truth is that tutsi relatives were killed during rhe genocide against the tutsi , but what you call perpetrators because they are from the hutu people that is wrong. I guess one hutu may have killed up to 100 tutsi, but it is hard to believe that 100 hutus killed one tutsi. Do simple calculations and show how 5Million hutu killed 600,000 tutsi( numbers are estimation from statistics and censor outcome of that time). Why should all hutu be called perpetrators? 100 000 hutus may have been involved in the killings of 600K tutsi. What about hutus who claimed to have lost their relatives because they were accused of supporting tutsi fighters? Who are they going to blame as perpatrators? If people can stop to hate each other, based on their ethinic group, reconciliation can be quickly established? But who wants reconciliation? Likely no one. Hate and retaliation will never end in those two communities.

  • @archanasnair8626
    @archanasnair86263 жыл бұрын

    "I don't like talking about that" And that's it... What a beautiful beautiful ppl... I wish to meet all the wonderful ppl in this world..😊

  • @johnndirangu1053
    @johnndirangu10534 жыл бұрын

    I came late from our football match an area 20km from our area, it was about 12am when we dispersed from my team mates , as I walked towards home ,I met 3 policemen who stopped me and asked where I came from, after telling them and showing them my football kits full of sweat, they were very happy even asked how many goals we scored and then told me to go home, football is really Loved by every one

  • @teddyoparanya6482

    @teddyoparanya6482

    2 жыл бұрын

    You remind me as a football fan,I went to watch the first match of the 1990 world cup where Cameroon beat Maradona hahaha! We were stopped by policemen but when we told them about Africa's win,we were left to go home.They were also happy.

  • @gingerbadjie9670
    @gingerbadjie96704 жыл бұрын

    The people of East Congo will disagree with the comments about how stable and good Rwanda is now. What happened in Rwanda was beyond my imagination and comprehension. Yet, for Congo, Rwanda , China, US UK are not innocent in what is happening there now. Another genocide you don’t hear in the news . Why...It’s resources. When will Africa be free of the pain,suffering and tribalism that divides her and allows such horror. 😞

  • @okaymea

    @okaymea

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is there another genocide there? What's going on there?

  • @williamthebonquerer9181

    @williamthebonquerer9181

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@okaymea the DRC became a safe haven for the hutu extremists so Rwanda invaded and many massacered hutu refugees killing 200,000 and over throwing the DRC awful dictatorship twice

  • @michellekabanga3612

    @michellekabanga3612

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@williamthebonquerer9181ubwenge the lies is catching up with you slowly continue lying somali nomads😂😂😂😂

  • @reaganrwaka6573
    @reaganrwaka65732 жыл бұрын

    Oooh thankfully that u survived Eric the former goal Keeper of Rayon sport ,,i personnally watched that game versus Al Hilal on U Tube and i Wondered what had became your fate during the genocide ,happy to see that u are doing well wish to encounter with u one day for much more talks ,,,peace umuzamu wa Rayo !!!

  • @urusarosonia8553
    @urusarosonia8553 Жыл бұрын

    Its the Genocide against the tutsi not the" Rwandan genocide"

  • @besufekadmulu965
    @besufekadmulu9653 жыл бұрын

    I sometimes feel like a Genocide is loading in my country.... GOD help us all.

  • @user-qy6tu9ip9v

    @user-qy6tu9ip9v

    2 жыл бұрын

    Loading? Genocide has been happening in Ethiopia for decades. Amharas were brutalized under TPLF and now the Oromo dominated government.

  • @shawnemmanuel1667
    @shawnemmanuel16674 жыл бұрын

    thit shit made me cry

  • @vintendo1208
    @vintendo12084 жыл бұрын

    WHY CANT I TURN SUBTITLES ON

  • @manuelmanuela420
    @manuelmanuela420Ай бұрын

    Who has read the short story, " Mkimbizi" katika Hadithi fupi, "Mayai Waziri wa Maradhi"?

  • @bechemelvistiwu4907
    @bechemelvistiwu4907 Жыл бұрын

    God keep on protecting you people

  • @abdifatahabdulldayib3748
    @abdifatahabdulldayib37484 жыл бұрын

    Am sorry for what happened in Rwanda some decades back. Am also happy how the people of Rwanda learned from their mistakes and decide to live together peacefully now. Am Somali 🇸🇴 brother I got many information about that civil war in the book__Left to Tell

  • @Charles_the_G.O.A.T
    @Charles_the_G.O.A.T3 жыл бұрын

    Why will someone dislike this video

  • @SanjayRai-kx1it
    @SanjayRai-kx1it2 жыл бұрын

    Ani inspirational man

  • @dubaichinaafricamarket9240
    @dubaichinaafricamarket92404 жыл бұрын

    That was one of the darkest chapters of the Rwandan Community and the world as whole. You don't kill but develop your citizens!

  • @absoulutedickheadchevalier2954
    @absoulutedickheadchevalier295426 күн бұрын

    You Hutu or Tutsi mate?

  • @absoulutedickheadchevalier2954
    @absoulutedickheadchevalier295426 күн бұрын

    Is this man Hutu?

  • @Tammissa
    @Tammissa3 жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand how someone can kill another person. Thank the good lord I’ve never had to feel the horror the people felt.

  • @absoulutedickheadchevalier2954

    @absoulutedickheadchevalier2954

    26 күн бұрын

    The Genocide happened in Churches

  • @hulkhogan5605
    @hulkhogan56052 жыл бұрын

    The French colonialists , as did did the British, pursued a policy of “divide and rule”,that created deep fissures and antipathy between tribes and ethnicities that had coexisted side by side for centuries or more . While winding down their colonial enterprise , under force of circumstances , they contrived to leave behind a set up , manned by their ‘dependable’, local collaborators , who would continue to watch over the ‘interests’ of their erstwhile masters . However the toxic ,divisive , legacies left behind by the colonialists remained in place and even morphed into multiple expressions of mutual mistrust and hatred .The rapid accretion of real or perceived grievances was bound to act as a detonator for a gruesome and bloody carnage that the Rwandan genocide is . In this tragic backdrop, the role of the French state/government remains highly suspect and blameworthy . As former colonialists they were morally bound to play their part in defusing tensions, which they themselves had created . With a large diplomatic mission and a sizeable military presence in the wider region , it is inconceivable that they did not have ,even an inkling , of the trouble as it was brewing up . That they gave scarce attention to that ominous possibility and even failed to intervene when the killings were going on is a bruising indictment of their role in this most sordid episode of history .

  • @manuelmanuela420
    @manuelmanuela420Ай бұрын

    People can be wiped out in a country and the world will be silent. They'll do nothing but only condemn.

  • @michellekabanga3612
    @michellekabanga3612Ай бұрын

    Rwanda is killing in the kongo😢😢😢😢

  • @SuperVostie
    @SuperVostie2 жыл бұрын

    Good documentary. But stop wearing Arsenal gear of you want to be a winner

  • @befigulu
    @befigulu4 жыл бұрын

    I dont know the intention of bringing this now. People have passed those days dont remind them.

  • @matunduraray1174

    @matunduraray1174

    3 жыл бұрын

    There could be people out there who could want to know what happened since its part of the history

  • @nah_thando9336

    @nah_thando9336

    3 жыл бұрын

    And people need to be reminded so they know what not to do again.

  • @mustaqbalabdiweli

    @mustaqbalabdiweli

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thy will remember for ever!! People still suffring the lost of there parents alse or children. A friend of may mother still suffring and crying to day. 4 small of her children killed front of her. Imaging ur baby was taking by forced then smashed in the Wall

  • @ruguruwambugua6180

    @ruguruwambugua6180

    2 жыл бұрын

    We Africans need to be reminded!!!!!We forget so quickly

  • @sibomanasangwaherve5837

    @sibomanasangwaherve5837

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stubbons like you still exist ...millions of people lost their people and you dare say that so.

  • @draleighd
    @draleighd4 жыл бұрын

    Propaganda channel....