ABSTRACT
The genocide in Rwanda is one of the greatest atrocities in recorded history. It has made a global impact (although not sufficiently proportionate to the event), fundamentally altered the country, destroyed entire communities, and left survivors with scars that can never be healed. Memory of the summer of 1994 is shaped by governmental powers, media, social platforms, and personal recollection.
Here, personal encounters with the genocide and those affected by the genocide are introduced. An outline of Rwanda, before and during, provides context for the central attributes of this text: the legal, state, and civil society contributions to transitional justice, individual healing, and collective remembrance. Through this book, memories are preserved that would otherwise be forgotten, unsung perspectives are examined and included, even if determined to be the minority opinion rather than the predominant perspective, in the broader effort to remember and learn from such tragedy.
