Radio Theme: Cockroaches

The most common words that could be heard coming from the radio in Hotel Rwanda were, "Crush the cockroaches." "Cockroaches" was a demeaning name given to the Tutsis by the Hutu. The radio constantly blasted anti-Tutsi propaganda such as this to encourage the Hutu to destroy their Tutsi neighbors. This cartoon personifies a radio, as if the radio itself is striking at the cockroaches.