REFLECT AND REMEMBER: “NO GREATER LOVE” STUDY GUIDE

(Discussion Questions and Activities for Classrooms, Families, and Book Clubs)

Students will:

Explain how Tharcisse’s early religious formation and mission-school education shaped his moral outlook.
Examine the dissolution of the Tutsi monarchy, the Belgian colonists’ struggle to retain governance, and the rise of the Hutu-led republic.
Assess the dual role of the Catholic Church as both a spiritual and a political actor in shaping ethnic dynamics.
Analyze how Belgian colonial policies reshaped Hutu–Tutsi identity and intensified ethnic divisions.
Evaluate how inflammatory speech, propaganda, and political messaging contributed to rising ethnic hostility.