REFLECT AND REMEMBER: “NO GREATER LOVE” STUDY GUIDE

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

Students will:

Identify stages or warning signs of genocide as reflected in Tharcisse’s personal experiences during the Habyarimana regime.
Examine how propaganda influenced individual decisions and shaped national policies.
Analyze how institutional structures systematically marginalized Tutsi in Rwanda’s academia, government, and military, and the emotional impacts on individuals and families.
Investigate the historical targeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses as a minority group and the consequences of state-enforced religious conformity.
Evaluate how authoritarian control and state surveillance restricted freedoms, reinforced fear, and shaped daily life.