Survivor stories
Testimonies and personal stories from survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: what we lived through, and how we live now.
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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 Jacaranda. Now…
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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 in the…
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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 death of Aimable Uzaramba…
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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 poème de Deo Mazina…
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Ngoma: Ukekwa kwica Nduwamungu warokotse Jenoside yatawe muri yombi
Urwego rw’Igihugu rw’Ubugenzacyaha ku bufatanye na Polisi, bataye muri yombi ukekwaho kugira uruhare mu rupfu rwa Nduwamungu Pauline wari utuye i Rukumberi mu Karere ka Ngoma…
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Uwarokotse Jenoside yishwe urupfu rw’agashinyaguro
NGOMA: Abagizi ba nabi bishe urw’agashinyaguro umukecuru w’imyaka 66 y’amavuko warokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, witwa Nduwamungu Pauline, wari utuye mu Mudugudu wa Akabungo, Akagari ka Rubago mu…
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Igicumbi Calls for Justice: The Fight to Free Deo Mushaidi and Other Wrongfully Detained Survivors
It may come as a surprise, but Rwanda’s longest-serving political prisoner is a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, a man who lost his…
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First Permanent Monument of Genocide Against the Tutsi Erected at UN Headquarters
The UN has installed the “Kwibuka Flame of Hope” as the first permanent tribute to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Although it didn’t make big…
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Ibuka-USA’s New Leadership: Can Fresh Faces Overcome Old Challenges?
After months of struggling to fill its leadership committee, Ibuka-USA announced last week a new team of six dynamic leaders for the next four years. This…
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A Brief Note to My Father
Dearest Father, It has been thirty years since the genocide took you from me. The journey since then has been hard. We are caught between the…