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The genocide against the Tutsi, told by those who survived it.
Justice, memory and the stories survivors are told to keep quiet.
Written by Albert Gasake · About me →
They tried to cut down the whole tree. It is still standing.
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Coached to Forgive: Who Really Benefits From Rwanda’s Forgiveness Parades?
“Ku bw’iyi Leta dufite ubu ngubu…” (“For the sake of the government we have now…”) That is how a genocide survivor began forgiving a…
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Roommates in 1994, Liars in 2019, Caught in 2026: The Story of Genocide Fugitives Teganya and Nshimiye
A surreal story of two friends who turned out to be real partners in crime. In 2019 Eric Nshimiye took the stand to defend…
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Rwanda Shelved Our Genocide Reparations Plan. Now It Blames International Law.
This week, Rwanda’s justice minister said international law failed genocide survivors. He’s right. But in 2012, survivors brought the same problem to his government,…
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Jacaranda, Now in English: A Novel That Knows Our Silence
Few novels capture what we survivors bury deep within ourselves, or how our silence shapes our spouses and children, as closely as Gaël Faye’s…
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How Rwanda Took Genocide Memory From Its Survivors
My friend Jeanne has buried her family three times. Her story shows how Rwandan law put the memory of the genocide against the Tutsi…
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Eric Nshimiye Convicted in Boston: How Many More Are Still Hiding Among Us?
In 1995 he told American officials the Interahamwe had murdered his father. Prosecutors say he was Interahamwe himself. Three decades later, a Boston jury…
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