%0 Journal Article %T Rwanda National Days Celebrations and Racist Propaganda (1962-1982) %J - %D 2017 %X This article addresses the link between Rwanda national days celebrations and a racist propaganda between 1962 and 1982. It states a problem to know whether the political messages on the national days celebrations conveyed a democratic message or a racist propaganda. First, it explores a theoretical theory related to race and propaganda. Then, it focus on the racial interpretations of Rwandan society during the colonial period with the objective to search for a relationship between the colonial discourse and the post-colonial political speeches. An analysis of the spoken as well as the written and musical data of the post-colonial period studied leads to certify that national days celebrations sent to the nation a racist propaganda against Tutsi %K race %K propaganda %K democracy %K Hutu %K Tutsi %U https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rj/article/view/163303