Black earth rising

[Tors33]

Came across this on BBC three I'm hooked what an emotional drama I'm rubbish with history but did this actually happen

Do you mean did this particular story happen or did the Rwanda genocide happen?

Haven't been watching the series (but may look at it) the Rwanda genocide absolutely occurred in the early 1990s and it is estimated that between 500,000 and 1,000,000 were murdered and over 2,000,000 fled the country as refugees

It's a fictional drama based on the backdrop of the Rwandan genocide in 1994.

Yes did genocide really happen I wasn't taught this in school I really think it should all my emotions has come out watching this do we have any history we should be proud of

Please eduacte me as i knew nothing about this

Take a look at the film Hotel Rwanda, it's a good starting point.
I was at sixth form during the genocide and we had Trevor McDonald come in to talk about it. I've since taught it as part of Citizenship enrichment in secondary school, but this was ten years ago. I'm disappointed but not surprised that it isn't still addressed in schools, in fact Michaela Coel brings this up here: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/16/star-black-earth-rising-education-1994-wanda-genocide She recommends these books: Tim Butcher’s Blood River and Stephen Kinzer’s A Thousand Hills, but a short history can be found here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13431486