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

Let’s read together! #GusomaChallange #Inkuru #Ubusizi #Ubuvanganzo #CulturalMemory

Pictorial highlights of Injonge Karangwa during the launch of her second poetry book, 𝑁𝑒́𝑒 𝐷𝑒 𝐿'𝐸𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐷'𝑈𝑛𝑒 𝑀𝑒̀𝑟𝑒, at Brussels Poetik Bazar, a major French-language book fair dedicated to poetry in Brussels, Belgium. The book reflects on transmission, motherhood, and the author’s diasporic experience. 📸 ©️ Poetik Bazar, Colette Brunfaut and Assala Saidi (2026) #Poetry #Ubusizi #Ubuvanganzo #Literature #DigitalMuseum

“The use of derogatory terms played a significant role in laying the social groundwork for the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda. Linguistic practices and the norms that govern them do not operate alone; they shape and are shaped by collateral social practices and norms.” Lynne Tirrell Read more: silverbronzo.wordpress.com/w…… #GenocidePrevention #Linguisticviolence #Linguisticnorms #NeverAgain

Atlas of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda, a map developed by Omar Ndizeye. #Memory #SitesOfMemory #HistoryWithPeople #GenocideAgainstTutsi #DigitalMuseum