Martin at Nyamata

by | Jun 28, 2007 | Robin Kirk

Martin at Nyamata Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal At Ntarama Memorial, we met Martin, who needed a ride to the other genocide church at Nyamata. We learned that he was planning to clean the bones of his family, killed there in 1994. He carried a small sack of a...

A gacaca trial

by | Jun 28, 2007 | Robin Kirk

Ntarama gacaca prisoner Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal When we visited Ntarama, this woman, wearing the pink uniform of a genocide participant, was awaiting the proceedings, which were to take place in the field outside the church where over 5,000 men, women and...

What we remember

by | Jun 28, 2007 | Robin Kirk

Ntarama clothing Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal Even though we have been in South Africa now for several days. I don’t feel finished with my writing on Rwanda. I don’t think I ever will be. The impressions and thoughts from each country visited —...

The past and present in Rwanda

by | Jun 25, 2007 | Robin Kirk

Rwanda new graves Originally uploaded by FabiolaPal We met a woman I’ll call Sarah in the lounge of the Kampala airport, as we were waiting for our Rwanda flight. Luckily for us, we met her again in Kigali, the capital. She works for the Justice Ministry and is the...

“We are no longer killers”

by | Jun 17, 2007 | Robin Kirk

This is the dancing ceremony that greeted us at Rutanda, outside Kigali. The dancers are in the TIG program, which translates from the French as “Workers in the General Interest.” They were, for the most part, arrested after the genocide for killing over 1...