In the Spirit of Sankofa,
... Hats off to President Obama, for real.
Rwanda remembered: Samantha Power reconciles past and present on genocide anniversary
Power Players
It was a problem from hell.
That’s how Samantha Power summed up the United States’ failure to respond to Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide” – and in so doing, Power made a name for herself as a critic of U.S. foreign policy.
Now the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the former critic-turned government insider is in Rwanda to mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide as the United States’ official representative.
“President Obama wanted us to come back and pay our respects and show that even if it's 20 years later, this genocide is something that stays with us,” Power told “Power Players” during an interview in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali.
suggested reading and video viewing:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-p...resent-on-genocide-anniversary-015214194.html
... Hats off to President Obama, for real.
Rwanda remembered: Samantha Power reconciles past and present on genocide anniversary
Power Players
It was a problem from hell.
That’s how Samantha Power summed up the United States’ failure to respond to Rwanda’s 1994 genocide in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide” – and in so doing, Power made a name for herself as a critic of U.S. foreign policy.
Now the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, the former critic-turned government insider is in Rwanda to mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide as the United States’ official representative.
“President Obama wanted us to come back and pay our respects and show that even if it's 20 years later, this genocide is something that stays with us,” Power told “Power Players” during an interview in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali.
suggested reading and video viewing:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-p...resent-on-genocide-anniversary-015214194.html