At Nyanza ya Kicukiro, where many lives were taken, Venuste Karasira was left wounded, his arm gone, his body bearing the scars of unimaginable violence. But his story did not end there.
Rescued by the RPA Inkotanyi, he lived. This photo is more than a moment in time it is a testament that even in the face of death, resilience can prevail and life can rise again. #Kwibuka32
The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi was not a “conflict” …it was a planned extermination of over 1 million innocent lives in just 100 days! Fueled by hate, propaganda and silence from the world.
Remembering means learning. Learning means preventing!
#Kwibuka32#NeverAgain
32 years ago today, something was taken from within us that cannot be described anatomically. I do not know a language that can fully capture that fear, pain, loss, and horror.
By July 1994, Rwanda was shattered in spirit, and in the most practical sense. So when people tell us what we should tolerate, or ignore, I want them to understand that baseline, and what starting from scratch truly took.
I also want them to consider what it says about this country and its people, that we are here today, with what we have built together.
Our rebuilding is, at its heart, an act of remembrance. It is about being alive again and so present, so capable, so impossible to ignore that denial itself becomes the small thing.
To those who survived: You’re here, what a gift. You were Rwanda when Rwanda almost wasn’t. Thank you for holding on, and for telling us what you could find the words for.
To those who were taken from us so brutally: you are not lost to us. You are in everything that is beautiful. You are in the children. You are in the soft evening breeze, and the first light of dawn.
You are in the hills, where your laughter was last heard. And we remember you. Always.
#Kwibuka32
I read somewhere "ese ko Inkotanyi zatwomoye, zo zomowe na nde?" and try to feel it then asked myself if we really give Inkotanyi the flowers they deserve. 💔
@itsh_98@thekonyjen THIS IS WHYYYYY😂😂 vous vous croyez meilleurs, you hate on people (blck) and ugly cry when they call you out or when you're on the receiving end, et en pluuuuus vous forcez les Arabes to accept y'all.
MDRRRR!
Rwanda 🇷🇼
Today October 1st marks the 35th Anniversary of the start of the Liberation Struggle of Rwanda by the @rpfinkotanyi’s APR army. The Liberation struggle was against a comprador regime installed by the Belgian authorities, which had abused their mandate given to them, first by the League of Nation in 1918 and later by the United Nations 🇺🇳, to administer Rwanda under the “Protectorate Rule”… which resulted in the attempt to divide the Rwandan Nation, a millennial nation, which saw the first “anti Tutsi” pogroms, acts of Genocide, and resulted into chasing hundreds of thousands of Rwandans into exile. The very first African refugees before even the independences of the African continent. Belgium and later France supported the post colonial comprador regimes which were founded on segregation and the refusal for the refugees to return into their homes in their motherland.
After more than 3 decades in exile, only the option of the armed struggle was left for the refugees which started October 1st 1990 and lasted 4 years, till the genocidal forces got defeated by July 1994.
The armed struggle was only the beginning of the Transformational Journey of Rwanda which saw the emergence of a reunited Nation, a leading progressive and PanAfrican Nation on the African continent.
They called it independence, but the chains stayed on, Liberation Day broke what Independence Day only renamed.
1962 freed the land, 1994 freed the people. #Kwibohora31
To collect and archive the testimonies of genocide survivors is among the most solemn and meaningful works.
With @ArtforMemories — a soon-to-be-launched digital platform dedicated to preserving the memories of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi through art — we are now gathering and archiving these memories through powerful survivor testimonies.
Special thanks to @BRDbank for their support, and to @Ibuka_Rwanda for their partnership.
I’m truly grateful for the gift of God, the beautiful country He gave us, and the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Rwanda Defence Force and our President, H.E. @PaulKagame
Only in this beautiful country we grew up in under the visionary leadership of H.E. Paul Kagame, could such opportunities be possible. Thank you for changing our lives in countless ways and inspiring us to believe in ourselves.
A heartfelt thank you to the @RwandaMoD for your trust. This means a lot to me and to the entire industry.
Military officers from NYAKINAMA MILITARY ACADEMY at @MuseumIngabo
April 18,2025
I just saw some people here trying to trash this picture. Yes it looks crazy till it happens to you but this is the comfort moment level you reach while praying and start to feel the presence of God around.