About the event
We are delighted to be joined by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Rwanda to the UK, His Excellency Johnston Busingye, to lead a keynote address entitled: ‘Rwanda, 30 years after genocide against the Tutsi: The Journey and the Vision’. Professor Leon Mutesa, Director of the Centre for Human Genetics, University of Rwanda, will also lead a seminar entitled: ‘Intergenerational effects of trauma and PTSD following exposure to the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi.'
In Rwanda, thirty years ago, for 100 days from the 7 April, more than one million Tutsis were murdered. Tutsi men, women, children, and babies were mercilessly killed in their thousands in their homes, schools and churches. Frequently, the killers were people they knew – neighbours, workmates, former friends and sometimes even relatives through marriage.
Each year since the atrocity, Rwanda commemorates with a period of mourning for 100 days. The national commemoration of the genocide begins on 7 April every year and all Rwandans and friends of Rwanda in and outside the country take part.
The period is known as Kwibuka (‘to remember’). It is a time to learn about Rwanda’s story of reconciliation and nation-building. By remembering, we honour the memory of more than one million Rwandans who died in the hundred days of the Genocide but also recommit to NEVER AGAIN for such atrocity.
Please join us on Thursday 2 May to learn about the period, the lasting impact it has had on the people of Rwanda, the resilience it took for the country to rise from the ashes, the vision and an unshaken will to survive, live and strive as a nation and how Rwanda has rebuilt itself and transformed itself to the country it is today.
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