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"Healing is a journey, and it continues every step of the way. The more at peace we become within ourselves, the more positively we experience the world around us." Consolee Nishimwe Read more: consoleenishimwe.substack.co… #Listening #Sharing #Remembering #Hearling #DigitalMuseum

The narrative of The Snowfall begins on April 3, 1994, just days before the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. At only 11 years old, Gus witnesses the world around him unraveling. Through a blend of flashbacks and firsthand memories, he reconstructs the realities of his family’s past and his country’s troubled history-piecing together what he saw, heard, and processed as a child. #Literature #GenocideAgainstTutsi #CulturalMemory #GusomaChallenge #DigitalMuseum

“My mother, like all my family condemned to exile, always saved two mats for the unexpected traveler who might ask for refuge. May each of us always have a mat to welcome the stranger.” Scholastique Mukasonga, (𝐴 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝑂𝑤𝑛) 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:scholastiquemukasonga.net #Literature #Ubuvanganzo #CulturalMemory #DigitalMuseum

"𝐺𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑘𝑎 𝑛𝑖 𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑚𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑦'𝑢𝑏𝑢𝑧𝑖𝑚𝑎 𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑜 𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑖 𝑘𝑢𝑤𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖". Kibasumba Confiance. Niba udukurikira kurubuga rwa Youtube (Inkuru Library), Inkuru y'ubuzima bwe, urugendo rwe rwo kuba Umusizi no kwandika Igitabo "𝐼𝑛𝑦𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑦𝑜 𝐺𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑘𝑎 𝑘𝑤𝑒"(Behind Her Silence) muzabasha kuyikurikira ku wa 31 Ukwakira, 2026. #Ubuvanganzo #Ubusizi #Umuco #Kinyarwanda #DigitalMuseum

In its sixteenth issue, Fifty Four Mag featured Jeanne Celestine Lakin in an exploration of “Reconciliation” in post-genocide Rwanda. Through compelling writing, exceptional photography, and thoughtful design, this collector’s edition invites readers to engage with difficult questions and revisit them with greater understanding. Read more here: fiftyfourmag.com/product/rec… Also, find out more about Jeanne’s literary works here. avoiceinthedarkness.org/ #PostGenocideSocialization #SocialJustice #SocialCohesion #SocietalHealing #GenocidePrevention #DigitalMuseum

Silence at home as a copying mechanism, by Sandrine Mugenda Irankunda during our last Inkuru Virtual Conversation on 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. Irankunda is a doctoral candidate in African Studies, specializing in genocide studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her research examines genocide and mass violence in Africa, exploring their historical, political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions while highlighting overlooked narratives. You can also find the whole conversation here: youtu.be/EOuS6ucg3kk?si=AbMF… #IntergenerationalSurvivors #KnowledgeProduction #CulturalMemory #History #DigitalMuseum

Next Month on Inkuru Library. 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 #Storytelling #IndigenousKnowledge #ScientificKnowlede #CulturalMemory #GenocideAgainstTutsi #DigitalMuseum

In 𝑍𝑎𝑛𝑧𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑟 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 (2024), Dr. Nathanael Mathews revisits the history of a Swahili-speaking Afro-Arab diaspora connecting East Africa and Oman. Similarly, in 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑒́𝑒 (2022), Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse explores the fate of Afro-Belgian Métis children forcibly separated from their families during Belgian colonial rule in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite their different historical contexts, both books illuminate underdocumented diasporic histories whose cultural traces endure across Eastern African societies, Belgium, and Oman. Also Read: 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑒́𝑒 lnkd.in/gBm448Bk 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑒́𝑡𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-lang… #Historiography #History #Memory #Rwanda #Tanzania #DRC #Burundi #Oman #Belgium #DigitalMuseum

“Living in Gitwe, maybe even more than in the rest of Bugesera, meant living on the turf of big, wild animals. The lions and buffalo soon left us in peace, but the elephants were drawn to the banana grove as soon as it was planted, and they feasted all night long. The leopards were forever prowling among the houses. They were like cats: every family had its own. It would come inside in the night.” Scholastique Mukasonga (𝐶𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠) Also Read: 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑔 newyorker.com/magazine/2018/… 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 fmus.org/women-and-the-rwand… 𝐵𝑢𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑎’𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦: 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 1 newtimes.co.rw/article/39871… #OralHistory #Storytelling #Memory #DigitalMuseum

“This is a book of two children’s stories of survival. It is not a book for children. It’s a book for adults about the depravity of adults. A horrifying book. And yet an exquisitely beautiful book, a book honoring the truth of genocide and the use of story and art to heal.” 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲, artist and author of Portraits of Racial Justice: Americans Who Tell the Truth. amazon.com/Healing-Genocide-… #Art #Healing #Memory #History #DigitalMuseum

Bisesero Civilian Resistance Monument at the Bisesero Genocide Memorial. Location: 𝑇𝑤𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑎 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡, 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑅𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎. Also, you can follow updates on the upcoming film about the Bisesero hills using the link below. The film is scheduled for release in early 2027. biseseromovie.com/tickets #Monument #Bisesero #Film #GenocideAgainstTutsi #DigitalMuseum

Memories from Ntarama youtu.be/gH08AIO5xII?is=vBdN… #SitesOfMemory #LivedExperiences #GenocideAgainstTutsi #DigitalMuseum

Injonge Karangwa participera en novembre à des moments d’échange et de réflexion collective autour de l’histoire de l’art et de l’histoire coloniale, à Paris, en France. Regards & Héritages. #Poetry #Storytelling #GusomaChallenge #DigitalMuseum

“Preservation whereby gruesome evidence of the killings was protected from removal and frozen in time comprised the earliest initiatives, which began before the sites were formalized as memorials and a full year before the Genocide Memorial Commission was created…. The first preservation efforts took place at the Nyarubuye and Ntarama Churches, rendering them places of witness that rendered the genocide viewable long after its occurrence.” Delia Duong Ba Wendel, (2025) read.dukeupress.edu/books/bo… 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎, by Stephanie Wolfe, Omar Ndizeye and Anna-Marie De Beer tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1… #SitesOfMemory #GenocideAgainstTutsi #CulturalMemory #DigitalMuseum

𝑆𝑡𝑒ℎ 𝑎𝑢𝑓, 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒ℎ!: 𝑊𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝐺𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑉𝑜̈𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑇𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎 𝑢̈𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑡𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑖ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑑. Marie ist neun Jahre alt, als in ihrem Heimatland Ruanda der Völkermord ausbricht. Unzählige Tutsi verlieren ihr Leben - darunter auch enge Familienangehörige.  Mit einem Mal ist sie auf sich allein gestellt und weiß nicht, was sie tun soll. Bis sie unvermittelt eine leise Stimme hört, die ihr genau sagt, was als Nächstes dran ist.  Durch wundersame Fügungen gelingt ihr die Flucht bis nach Deutschland. Trotz schwerster Traumatisierung schafft Marie es, dort Fuß zu fassen und wächst zu einer nach außen hin selbstbewussten jungen Frau heran.  Doch etwas in ihr bleibt verbittert und tief verwundet. Eines Tages hört sie plötzlich wieder diese leise Stimme: Gott führt sie ein zweites Mal in die Freiheit - dieses Mal endlich auch in die innere. Eine Lebensgeschichte, die betroffen macht und staunen lässt - über einen Gott, dessen leise Stimme lauter ist als jedes Kriegsgeschrei, und über seine unfassbare Kraft der Vergebung, die immer das letzte Wort spricht. amazon.com/dp/3957347297?lv=… #Literatur #GenozidAnDenTutsi #GusomaChallenge #Resilienz #Bildung #DigitalesMuseum