Rwanda: Ibuka Steps Up Efforts to Document Testimonies of Elderly Genocide Survivors

Rwanda: Ibuka Steps Up Efforts to Document Testimonies of Elderly Genocide Survivors

Ibuka, the umbrella organization of Genocide survivors' associations, has recorded and documented testimonies from 250 elderly survivors, known as Intwaza, since 2023.

Through the Rwanda Football Association (FERWAFA), a wall will be built with the names of players who died in the Genocide against the Tutsi in April 1994, and the process of collecting these names has begun. This was announced by FERWAFA President, Munyantwari Alphonse, when he made the announcement during the 31st Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in April 1994, organized by the Association of Former Amavubi Players (FAPA). The c…

Denial of the Genocide against Tutsi 1994: Confronting a Dangerous Legacy

🌍Written by Fred Mfuranzima More than three decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, where over one million people were killed in just 100 days, Rwanda continues to reckon not only with the wounds of the past but also with a persistent and dangerous phenomenon: genocide denial. Genocide denial—whether subtle or explicit—remains one of

Ibuka steps up efforts to document testimonies of elderly genocide survivors

Ibuka, the umbrella organization of Genocide survivors’ associations, has recorded and documented testimonies from 250 elderly survivors, known as Intwaza, since 2023. ALSO READ...