A survivor’s blog since 2013
I was ten in 1994. I still write for that boy.
Justice, memory, and the stories survivors are told to keep quiet.
And for everyone who never got to grow up. Here I write about his hopes, his fears, and, I’ll admit, quite often his frustrations. This is where I share the stories survivors are told to keep quiet or are too afraid to tell, about justice, memory, human rights, and life after the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Start here
- Genocide Against the Tutsi 101New to this history? The basics, a timeline, and what to read.
- A Past That Is Ever-PresentHow my sister and I got out of the commune office alive.
- A Brief Note to My FatherA letter about the thirty years since he was killed.
Newest story
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Eric Nshimiye Convicted in Boston: How Many More Are Still Hiding Among Us?
Read the story: 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 has convicted the former Butare medical…
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Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa and Dafroza Gauthier: Two Giants in the Lives of Survivors
This October we lost two giants thirteen days apart: Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa, whose songs gave words to a grief the mouth cannot say,…
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IGICUMBI Statement on the Suspicious Death of Aimable Karasira in Rwandan Prison: Call for Independent International Investigation
IGICUMBI AISBL, an independent international association representing survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, issues this urgent statement following the…
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Quand l’orgueil dépasse le deuil
Poème à l’occasion de la 31ème Commémoration du génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda. Par Déogratias MAZINA. Cliquez ici pour lire un autre…
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Stories from the past thirteen years, chosen at random.
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