{"id":53808,"date":"2025-04-10T07:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/youth-step-up-to-carry-the-truth-of-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:33:16","slug":"youth-step-up-to-carry-the-truth-of-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/youth-step-up-to-carry-the-truth-of-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth step up to carry the truth of the Genocide against the Tutsi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary was shown at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on April 8, 2025. It revisits Rwanda\u2019s history, with a particular focus on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Albine Noella Ishimwe told IGIHE that there are parts of this history that are hard to comprehend, but they offer important lessons nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a scene from Gacaca courts where a genocide survivor was sitting side by side with the person who had killed their loved ones. I told my friends, \u2018That\u2019s something I personally could never do.\u2019 But the fact that our parents were able to do this is a sign of strength and not being defeated by history, that alone is a powerful lesson,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Erick Mutabazi said that having access to documentary films about Rwanda\u2019s past is a rare opportunity for young people, as it allows them to learn and reflect on how to preserve the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs youth, in our mission to build peace, we need to meet each other, educate each other, visit memorials and other places to learn more about our history. We\u2019re a large group here today, but many others couldn\u2019t make it. For those of us who came, we have a responsibility to go out and share with others what we saw today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85350 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/urubyiruko_rwaje_kureba_beyond_the_genocide_ku_bwinshi-c8886.jpg\" alt=\"More than 600 young people who attended the screening of the documentary film \u201cBeyond the Genocide\u201d\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Ambassador to Rwanda, Einat Weiss, said what happened in Rwanda is deeply painful, but she is moved to see Rwandan youth so eager to learn about and preserve their history.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that while her own country experienced the Holocaust, what stands out about Rwandan youth is how they own the history as their own, rather than viewing it as something that happened only to their parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince yesterday, I\u2019ve been watching how deeply people are moved by these stories. And most of them were born after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. What surprised me is that the genocide is not just a story told to them by their parents, it\u2019s something they carry, something they live with,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Zion Mukasa Matovu Sulaiman, the filmmaker, said the idea to make the documentary came from looking at what happened 31 years ago and how far Rwanda has come in rebuilding, a journey the world should learn from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people didn\u2019t have money. The Inkotanyi who came to stop the genocide didn\u2019t come with wealth. It means they took on responsibility, set aside the pain they had endured and vowed to take on a duty to rebuild this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85349 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/zion_avuga_amateka_y_u_rwanda_yarakeneye_no_kubarwa_nka_filime_kuko_atangaje-87730.jpg\" alt=\"Zion Mukasa Matovu Sulaiman, the filmmaker, said the idea to make the documentary came from looking at what happened 31 years ago.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85351 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/amabasaderi_wa_israel_mu_rwanda_yavuze_ko_yatangajwe_n_uburyo_urubyiruko_rwo_mu_rwanda_rwita_ku_mateka-f41a2.jpg\" alt=\"Israel\u2019s Ambassador to Rwanda, Einat Weiss, said what happened in Rwanda is deeply painful.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85353 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/beyond_the_genocide_ni_filime_igaragaza_amateka_ya_jenoside_uko_yateguwe_uko_yashyizwe_mu_bikorwa_n_urugendo_rwo_kwiyubaka_nyuma_yayo-8f42e.jpg\" alt=\"The documentary was shown at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on April 8, 2025.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85352 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abitabiriye_iki_gikorwa_bafashe_umunota_wo_kwibuka-a582d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85348 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/urubyiruko_bwiyemeje_gukomeza_guhugurana_ku_bijyanye_n_amateka_ya_jenoside-c5e14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85347 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ni_filime_yarebwe_n_ingeri_zose-d7efe.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 600 young people who attended the screening of the documentary film \u201cBeyond the Genocide\u201d expressed readiness and commitment to helping each other deepen their understanding of the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and to draw important lessons from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000085346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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