Mzee Tito Rutaremara was not addressing the question of the current war in the DRC.
He was giving a lecture and as an intellectual, he placed the Gatumba massacre within the context of the place of the Banyamulenge in the DRC.
In this context he challenged how they have defined and viewed themselves historically.
He linked their survival as a people to their capacity to defend themselves, since threats to their existence did not start or end with Gatumba.
All this seems reasonable.
The problem is to try to reduce Tito to a mere politician speaking about current tensions.
This is an intellectual with the ability to engage matters beyond the present moment.
To respond to him properly requires the same dexterity. And so far none has been able to rise to the occasion.
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