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Remembered: The genocide of the Tutsi was not the product of primordial tribal feeling but it was the product of a political project, carefully constructed over decades. Photo: Rwanda Government
BUKAVU

Becoming umwana – a son: Part 2

The family who sheltered me was, by any measure, participating in genocide: they were killing Tutsi every day. They were also, in their own logic, maintaining a family, going to…

  • Nelson Gashagaza
4 min read
Never again: The Walk to Remember, an annual, solemn, youth-led event on 7 April to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo: Flickr
COMMEMORATION

Africa’s unfinished reckoning

The question is not whether the world recognises the genocide against the Tutsi. It does. The question is whether the continent has claimed it — intellectually, historically and…

  • Albert Rudatsimburwa
5 min read
Rwandan President Paul Kagame addressed thousands of people gathered at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Tuesday to mark the 32nd commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi (Kwibuka32)
AFRICA

Kagame: US sanctions won’t weaken Rwanda’s defence forces

Rwandan President Paul Kagame rejects US sanctions on the defence forces, defending national security measures and warning of FDLR threats

  • Kelvin Jakachira
5 min read
Engraved in memory: The Kigali Genocide Memorial engenders remembrance of the genocide’s victims, promoting peace and reconciliation and building peace through education. Photo: Supplied
BUKAVU

Becoming Umwana – a son

In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he…

  • Nelson Gashagaza
6 min read