Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide

Year of first observance. The Rwanda genocide lasted for a period of only 3 months. Thousand people were killed. The United Nations (UN) has named April 7 as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide. This day commemorates the deaths of 800,000...

Let the Devil Sleep: Rwanda 20 Years After Genocide

Diversity, International Day, Video

Let the Devil Sleep is the story of four individual’s unlikely journey of confession, forgiveness and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. The Rwanda genocide of 1994 saw people murdered at a scale and at a speed not seen since World War II. Approximately one...

“In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda”
– Kofi Annan

Jean Paul Samputu on Music and Forgiveness | 20 Years After the Genocide

Diversity, International Day, Music & Dance, Video

Twenty years ago, Rwandan musician Jean Paul Samputu was one of the few members of his immediate family who was not killed during the genocide. Here, he speaks with us about his journey to survive, to forgive and to begin again. Music was critical to him finding his...