DOMAINE D'EXPERTISE

History of the Genocide Against Tutsi

FORMATION DE BASE

Genocide prevention trainings and World Heritage properties management

COMPETENCES

Gestion des sites du PM et à inscrire/Management WH and nomination Dossiers

BIOGRAPHIE

I have started my career as a Historian when I joined University level at University of Rwanda-Huye Campus (Former National University of Rwanda) studying History and Heritage studies from 2012-2016. 2015 was in 3rd year, conducted Academic Internship at Ntarama Genocide Memorial Site serving as a Tour guide for the visitors for the period of one (1) month and completed my Bachelor’s degree with Honors in History in 2016. 2018 started my Volunteering Internship in the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (Former CNLG) for the period of One (1) year as a Tour guide and Memorial Manager as well at Ntarama Genocide Memorial again. Since I was here, I received and guided different guests locally including Ministers and Chief Executive officers of different companies including the Rwanda Mining company and Rwanda Development Board and foreigners, including international researchers on Genocide and journalists. 2020 started my work as an official employee in the National Commission for the fight against Genocide as CNLG District Coordinator in the following districts where I was coordinating two districts at once; Districts of Karongi & Rutsiro and was providing different dialogues on Genocide prevention and fight against genocide ideology on local community Radios, Bugesera & Kicukiro. In Bugesera district, I attended different seminars concerned with the dialogues on Trans-Generational Trauma that was sponsored by Embassy of Israel in partnership with the organization of RwandaWeWant (a youth led organization) in Rwanda and it is where I met with the Ambassador Ron. Adam for the first time. 2020-2021 was coordinating districts of Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru until October 2021 when the National Commission for the fight against Genocide was stopped and changed into Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement in Rwanda. On 1 st July 2022, I was appointed as Genocide Memorial manager at Bisesero Memorial site until today. Since then, I received and guided different guests including Honorable Dr. Amb. Ron Adam when he was ambassador of Israel to Rwanda. On August 14th -18th /2023, attended a 6 th preparatory meeting of the African World Heritage Commit Members in Kigali/Rwanda and Bisesero Genocide Memorial site was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World heritage list on September 2023 in Saudi Arabia. Apart from that, I was interviewed by different Televisions and Radios in Rwanda including Rwanda Television and Radio explaining much about the History of Unity and Resistance that characterized Tutsi in Bisesero during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi but specifically in Bisesero. If possible, will share all the links about what I explained above. As a Memorial Manager and Historian by profession, I am committed to work well with any diversity of any society provide a good tour to guests around the world as long as I am eager to let the world know a tragic history of Genocide happened in Rwanda, so that the world should learn the lessons of never again. As an employee of the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement in Rwanda, I am doing my best to make sure that Unity and peace should help us build a better world without ideologies of hate, divisions and genocide as well as fighting against denial of the Genocide against Tutsi not only in Rwanda but across the globe. Thank you