Beginning in 2004, a goal of the Kigali Memorial Centre was to collect testimonies of survivors of the Rwandan genocide in order to have documentation of survivors' personal experiences, feelings, and reactions associated with the genocide.
Please note that these links are to the first part (sometimes of one, sometimes of two or three parts) of the testimony.
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The oral testimony of UMUTESI Clarisse, a survivor of the Genocide Against the Tutsi,recorded by the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda. The testimony discusses early memories
of childhood and family, discrimination and persecution of Tutsis before Genocide, the worst atrocities during Genocide, suffering and witnessing human rights abuses, surviving the Genocide,
life after the Genocide. The testimony is given in Kinyarwanda.
The oral testimony of UMUHOZAWASE Fidela, a survivor of the Genocide Against the Tutsi,recorded by the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda. The testimony discusses early
memories of childhood and family, discrimination and persecution of Tutsis before the Genocide, the worst atrocities during the Genocide, suffering and witnessing human rights abuses, surviving
the genocide, and life after the Genocide. The testimony is given in Kinyarwanda.