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An ordinary man is an extraordinary tale of heroism and sacrifice, told in steady, unrelenting and often selfdeprecating fashion. Paul rusesabagina, no ordinary man twelve years ago, hutu militias began a slaughter in rwanda that left at least 800,000 people dead. Paul rusesabagina talks about what it was like to see rwanda after the 100day genocide in this audio clip. An ordinary man makes clear that the most famous hero of the rwandan genocide survived above all because of his strength of character and his capitalist wits. April 10, 2006 interview with paul rusesabagina about an ordinary man.
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