Theatre

Hate Radio

From 19 Feb 2014 to 20 Feb 2014

Hate Radio comes to Maputo from performances in South Africa.

This play is a re-enactment of the hate broadcasting by RTML (Radio Television Libre des Milles Collines) during the three months of the Rwanda genocide in 1994. The broadcasts of the presenters – three Hutu extremists and the white Italian-Belgian Georges Ruggio – became required listening for both the Hutu militia and Tutsis (Hutus to find out where to attack next and Tutsi to be able to avoid potential massacres). The hate and the violence instigated by the RTML show was largely responsible for the deaths of an estimated one million people.

It is a production of the International Institute of Political Murder founded by Rau in 2007 and is sponsored by the Swiss Arts Council Prohelvetia in Southern Africa.

See related article.