On the grounds of Nyange Secondary School in the former Kibuye prefecture—now Rwanda’s Western Province—a memorial in pristine condition recalls a recent spree of genocidal crimes. The events that this single-person tomb commemorates took place not in 1994, but on a single day in 1997—three years after the genocide. On March 18, 1997, a band of Hutu insurgents...
Nyarubuye Genocide Memorial is located about 35 kilometers from the southern town of Kibungo in the Kirehe district, of the Eastern province. The former Catholic church, nunnery and its accompanying school and buildings of the Benebikira Sisters are a reminder of the appalling violence that took place at this site during the Genocide against the...
Bisesero Memorial Site also known as the memorial of resistance, Bisesero Genocide memorial site is known so much by Rwandans for its resistance during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. Between the month of May and June 1994 is when the interahamwe came to carry out the massacres that sent over 40,000 Tutsis dead. The real story During...
