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Onana’s “Holocauste au Congo” is a hate bible
The book
“Holocauste au Congo” by Franco-Cameroonian Charles Onana was confirmed to be a
bible of hatred made up of lies and confusion after a deep analysis of its
content by three Congolese: Belhar Mbuyi (journalist), Thomas Gamakolo (lawyer),
and Percy Tambwe (human rights defender).
The
trio published their analysis in mid-August, shedding light on the accusations
made in the book against neighboring countries - Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda.
Published
in April 2023, Onana’s book alleges that since 1994, militias and troops of
Rwanda supported by the United States and France invaded the Democratic
Republic of Congo. He claimed that there have been 10 million deaths in DRC,
500,000 women raped and 110, 000 square kilometers of devastated forests.
Onana
attributed all the crimes committed in DRC to the Banyamulenge and their
alleged Rwandan supporters, and accused the Banyamulenge of being behind the
plot aimed at destroying DRC.
Contrary,
the Banyamulenge in South Kivu province were the first victims of massacres by
their Babembe neighbors in Fizi territory. There are many UN reports that
relate the beginning of the conflicts and the chronology of the various
massacres that marked eastern DRC.
The
Congolese analysts drew the attention of Congolese leaders to the danger that
the book “Holocauste au Congo”
represents on national cohesion, the current and future relations between the
people of the DRC and the countries of the Great Lakes region, and the
development of hate in the country.
The
analysis found that despite the author's claim to have discovered so-called
archives that he talks about, in reality his book is made of a narrative of
oracles without any verifiable source.
Evidence
recorded in different years – UN documents, NGO reports, or press articles –
still exist today. If Onana was a real researcher, he should have exploited the
documents which detail facts that most of Congolese have witnessed.
He
would then have understood that even though Kinyarwanda speaking Congolese were
being persecuted by other Congolese communities in colonial era, after the 25
years of President Mobutu Sese Seko's rule, the problems of eastern DRC resumed
in 1990s, following the country's democratization process.
The
denial of the nationality of Congolese Tutsi is the main cause of the
rebellions created in the region but poor leadership also contributed to the creation
of armed groups totaling more than 260 today.
The
book “Holocauste au Congo” is a depressing
and complex work of hate propaganda.
This bible
of hatred is the work of a Nazi-like intoxicated phobia and hate of Rwanda and
the Tutsi as a community. Onana has given himself the mission of spreading anti-Tutsi
hate with a sinister delight in the DRC, the Great Lakes region and Africa.
