Although the Catholic Church placed a divide between the Hutus and Tutsis there was also an inner divide within the Church between those who supported the genocide and those who did not. In retrospect, all churches should not condone the behaviour that comes attached with a genocide – the church should be a safe place and unfortunately those who fled to the church thinking it was a safe place found it to be the exact opposite (Guardian). In Things Fall Apart, Achebe shares the message that Rwanda was not one – it was divided and that was exactly what the Catholic church was doing; dividing the country. The term “not one family” describes what happened in this case, not only did the Church aid in dividing the nation it also went against all