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The phrase “bloodshed of coffee” in Rwanda refers to the violent history tied to coffee production, especially under colonial rule, and how it contributed to the conditions that led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. During Belgian colonial control, coffee farming was forced, tightly regulated, and poorly compensated, deepening economic hardship and sharpening social and ethnic divisions. These pressures helped turn the industry into a source of instability, violence, and eventual economic collapse rather than prosperity.