How Rwandan Youth Are Navigating Generational Trauma 32 years After Genocide against Tutsi

Apr 15, 2026 - 03:10
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Emerance Manishimwe grew up in Bitega Village carrying a question she was afraid to ask. In the years following her birth in 1995, the absence of grandparents, aunties, and uncles from both her mother and father’s side created a hollow space in her childhood—one that her mother, Francoise Mukaremera, could not find the words to fill.


Short version with English subtitles

Long version (Kinyarwanda language)

How Rwandan Youth Are Navigating Generational Trauma 32 years After Genocide against Tutsi

Apr 15, 2026 - 03:10
Apr 15, 2026 - 10:08
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Emerance Manishimwe grew up in Bitega Village carrying a question she was afraid to ask. In the years following her birth in 1995, the absence of grandparents, aunties, and uncles from both her mother and father’s side created a hollow space in her childhood—one that her mother, Francoise Mukaremera, could not find the words to fill.


Short version with English subtitles

Long version (Kinyarwanda language)