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“In 1994, when Dady de Maximo Mwicira-Mitali was twelve years old, the worst possible thing happened to him. During the Tutsi genocide, thousands of tortured victims, thrown into the rivers of Rwanda, were pulled from Lake Victoria. The author follows their invisible trace on the water and draws up the topography of this genocidal terror.” 𝑅𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎, 𝑈𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑢𝑖𝑙 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒: 𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐸𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑦 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐨 𝐌𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐚-𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢 (@DadydeMaximo) #Literature #Storytelling #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

“In 1994, the genocide against the Tutsi was taking place in the small central African country Rwanda: Approximately 1 million Tutsi were killed within 100 days, mostly in a bestial way. Judence, a Tutsi 11 years old at the time, experienced this bloody massacre and luckily survived. Only now, after many years, she can talk about the events of that time and come to terms with her past. She courageously goes public with this book and describes in moving words her experiences, which touched her deeply, influenced and shaped her future life. For her to come to terms with the events, there can only be the path of understanding and forgiveness. However, “I cannot forgive as if nothing had happened. That is not possible. I therefore leave it behind me”, is her emphatic message. The book ends with an appeal to all genocide survivors to continue documenting the story of the genocide against the Tutsi so that it will be a lesson for future generations.” amazon.com/broken-life-se… #Literature #Storytelling #digitalmemory #digitalmuseum

“Built into a steep hillside, Bisesero memorial preserves the memory of the large group of Tutsi who held out against their killers for nearly 2 months, commemorating the most well-known resistance movement during the genocide. This national memorial overlooks 𝑀𝑢𝑦𝑖𝑟𝑎 hill, the scene of the massacre, and is remarkably different from the other sites, in particular because of its symbolic engagement with those who visit it and the effort to honour the fierce resistance which took place in this region.“ “𝐴𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠: 𝑅𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎’𝑠 𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘.” By Anna-Marie de Beer, Stephanie Wolfe, and Omar Ndizeye repository.up.ac.za/server/api/cor… #AcademicWriting #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞, 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐍𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐲𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐫 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #AcademicWriting #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

“‘My name is Irakoze, and I love my family very much.’ So starts ‘That Child is Me’, the story of Claver Irakoze, a child survivor of Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Claver is far from being the first Rwandan genocide survivor to write his memoirs. He is, however, the first to write them as an illustrated book for children – perhaps because no-one else would previously have thought it possible to find a way of drawing humanity out of that horror in a way which could engage and educate young children instead of simply traumatising them. The result is a stunning achievement. Launched during the 25th commemoration of the genocide in which a million Tutsi were murdered, and featured in Rwandan national paper The New Times, ‘That Child is Me’ is told from a child’s perspective, conveying its painful realities with simplicity, gentleness, love – and a beautiful series of illustrations by Rwandan artist Mika Hirwa. Today Claver Irakoze, the little boy who once faced death every day, is a peace education activist, singer, songwriter and author who works as Digital Resources Manager for the Aegis Trust in Rwanda.” 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: icmglt.org/icmlibrary/tha… #Literature #Storytelling #inkurucollections #DigitalMemory #digitalmuseum

“It was the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis that made me a writer. Writing, being a writer, nothing like that was among my ambitions as a girl. I never dreamt of venturing onto the pathways of literature. Like my mother, I was a good storyteller. Rwandan culture is oral more than anything else. But the memory of a genocide can’t simply be carried by word of mouth. It requires another sort of telling: it needs to be written.“ 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚, (𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡) #Literature #WritingCommunity #Storytelling #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐳𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢 Cécile Dupont pensait avoir construit une vie paisible dans son village de Meuse. Mais à la veille de Noël, tout bascule : à la télévision, le visage d’un homme arrêté pour sa participation au génocide perpétré contre les Tutsis s’affiche, la ramenant à un passé enfoui et à des secrets jamais partagés. Son fils, intrigué, se lance dans une quête qui le mènera bien au-delà des silences familiaux. Entre deux continents et deux générations, il découvre une histoire où les destins s’entremêlent de façon inattendue, où les choix d’hier résonnent encore aujourd’hui. 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢 (@Syvalens) 𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑟, 𝑟𝑒́𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒́𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑒̀𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒́𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑐 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑙𝑒̀𝑣𝑒𝑠. 📸 @Syvalens #Literature #Fiction #CreativeWriting #Rwanda #Storytelling #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞? In this excerpt (see the link below) from one of our previous Inkuru Virtual Talks, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse speaks with Mia Shumway about the translation of her book 𝑇𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒́𝑠 into 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 by Alison Anderson, and why she chose fiction rather than directly recounting her experience of surviving the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. youtu.be/kvmnWdkF2v8?si… #Literature #Fiction #InkuruCollection #Rwanda #Storytelling #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

On the occasion of the 32nd commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and throughout the #Kwibuka32 period, join Cine Kwibuka in paying tribute to the victims and exploring memory through cinema. #Cinematography #Storytelling #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

𝑀𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑏𝑦 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐜 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧 "[𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙] 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦... 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒." Radio France International amazon.com/Murambi-Book-B… #Literature #Storytelling #Rwanda #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

Rwanda’s Popular Genocide: A Perfect Storm by Jean-Paul Kimonyo amazon.com/Rwandas-Popula… #AcademicWriting #InkuruCollections #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum

As we continue exploring some of the oldest literary works in the #KinyarwandaLanguage, here is another text: 𝐿𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑒́𝑠𝑖𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑧 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑠 𝑜𝑢 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝐹𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑅𝑒́𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑠, first published in 1922 in Brussels by Father Eugène Hurel. #Literature #Linguistics #Kinyarwanda #DigitalMemory #DigitalHeritage #DigitalMuseum

𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑒̀𝑛𝑒 𝐻𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙 (𝑛𝑒́ 𝑙𝑒 26 𝑓𝑒́𝑣𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟 1878 𝑎̀ 𝑆𝑒𝑙-𝑑𝑒-𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒, 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 – 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑙𝑒 28 𝑚𝑎𝑖 1936 𝑎̀ 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠) 𝑒́𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑃𝑒̀𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑠 (𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑑’𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒). Après ses études secondaires à Rennes, il entre en octobre 1895 au séminaire de philosophie des Pères Blancs à Binson. Le 10 octobre 1897, il prononce ses vœux. Reconnu pour sa bonne volonté, son dynamisme, sa gaieté et son énergie, il prend l’habit à Maison-Carrée. Il est ordonné prêtre à Carthage le 1er février 1902. Envoyé au vicariat du Nyanza méridional, il quitte Marseille en août 1902 et arrive en octobre à Kagungu, sur l’île d’Ukerewe (lac Victoria). Cette mission, alors florissante, comprend de nombreuses écoles accueillant environ 10 000 élèves. Le père Hurel travaille pendant cinq ans à Ukerewe, où il entreprend ses premiers travaux linguistiques, notamment une étude de la langue kikerewe comprenant une esquisse grammaticale, des contes et un vocabulaire. En 1907, il est affecté à Rubya puis à Kagondo. Durant cette période, les missionnaires reçoivent la visite du roi Kahigi, événement marquant pour la reconnaissance des missions dans la région. En septembre 1908, il est envoyé au Rwanda. En juillet 1914, il est nommé à Kogayi comme économe général. En 1917, il devient supérieur de la mission de Nyaruhengeri. En 1919, il retourne en Europe pour suivre en Belgique une formation en médecine tropicale. Parallèlement à ses activités missionnaires, il poursuit ses travaux linguistiques, publiant une grammaire du kinyarwanda ainsi que des dictionnaires kinyarwanda–français et français–kinyarwanda, dont une seconde édition paraît en 1934. Il repart en mission en juillet 1922, en compagnie de Mgr Classe. De retour à Nyaruhengeri, il développe considérablement la mission, qui atteint bientôt 2 000 baptisés. Il est ensuite chargé de la vaste région de Nyaruguru. Le 22 septembre 1927, il est nommé supérieur de la mission de Save, la plus ancienne du vicariat, qui compte alors environ 7 000 baptisés. Il y travaille jusqu’en janvier 1935, avant de rejoindre Kansi. En février 1936, son état de santé impose son rapatriement d’urgence. À son départ, la mission de Kansi compte environ 28 000 chrétiens et celle de Save 25 000. Il meurt le 28 mai 1936 à Angers. Il est inhumé à Sel-de-Bretagne. ⸻ 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 : 𝐿𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑒 (1909) 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑢 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 (𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑒́𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 1931) 𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎–𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐̧𝑎𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐̧𝑎𝑖𝑠–𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 (1924 ; 2𝑒 𝑒́𝑑. 1934) 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑢𝑥 𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑢𝑥 #Literature #Kinyarwanda #Biography #InkuruCollections #DigitalMemory #DigitalMuseum