Learning To Live As Neighbors In The Shadow Of A Brutal, Violent History

10/04/24 - Many of us don't have the opportunity to handpick our neighbors. We buy or rent a place in a neighborhood with good schools or an easy commute. . . Some of us become friends with those who live nearby, others of us never talk to our neighbors at all. For most though, we co-exist. . . In the midst of a brutal civil war, neighbors killed their neighbors simply because of who they were. . . Thirty years ago this month, that wasn't the case in Rwanda.. . We visit a Rwandan village where how neighbors live alongside one another is deliberate, and complicated. . . For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.. . Email us at considerthis@npr.org.. . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices. . NPR Privacy Policy