In memory, mass statistics obscure the effects of a tragic past. Then, what “psychic numbing” teaches us is the importance of individual stories in reinventing life after darkness. As Mother Teresa once said,“If I look at the mass, I will never act; if I look at the one, I will.”

Congratulations Akariza Laurette Annely for this great success & for being the first among your generation to intellectually reflecting on the legacies of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda. There is no doubt that different students across our globe need to listen to your story!

Best,

“The conception of a memorial is a translation of a genocide into artistic expressions.”

- Vedaste Ngarambe (Architect of Bisesero, Mubuga, Ngoma (Mugonero), and Gatwaro Genocide Memorials in western of Rwanda)

#CulturalMemory

“Understanding genocide memorials as bringing a solution to the unsettled social relation would confine the message they communicate in one corner of those symbols, […] without any doubt, it has a traditional and accurate meaningful message to all human being.” Bazubagira

In words of Rwandan scholar Augustin Nshimiyimana, “The memory framework that gives dignity to the lost humanity contributes to the re-humanization of society. There is no shortcut to rebuild the broken society without interrogating a culture of living together.”

#CulturalMemory

I’ll be talking about Umubyeyi Mairesse on Monday at 4pm with Alice Urusaro Kareke and John D McInally Trinity Long Room Hub eventbrite.ie/e/stolen-child…

Thank you Consolee Nishimwe for speaking to Chhange @ BCC’s Colloquium participants! We were honored to have you with us!

Are leaders born or made? My new conclusion, as I shared with the The Wharton School community, is that leadership is a CHOICE.

Every day, leaders must choose to recommit to the work at hand. With this in mind, I offered my advice to graduates on how to choose to lead with purpose. (1/2)

Congratulations Scholastique Mukasonga for being on this Oxford-Weidenfeld translation prize shortlist.

#InkuruCollection #Literature

While the musealization of genocide memory is a key part of conservation in post-genocide society, understanding the link between cultural practices and memory is crucial to making memorial museums effective spaces for healing.

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#SocietalHealing

Stories keep alive the memories of lives that were extinguished.

#StoriesOfMemory #InkuruCollection

IAGS VP Stephanie Wolfe recently presented alongside IAGS member Omar Ndizeye on #kwibuka30 and on the evolution of cultural mourning and memorials in post-genocide Rwanda Ibuka Rwanda Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

— Brian Tracy

A remarkable #Kwibuka30 in Utah. It was a profound pleasure to moderate this panel of discussion of 2 distinguished scholars on Genocide memory and memorials remembrance. Omar Ndizeye

Before a society falls apart and experiences genocide, its language dies first. Derogatory terms replace positive and connecting vocabularies! This is because language is not only for communication but also an instrument that sustains relationships within a society.

#Memory

In this excerpt from Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s Between Starshine and Clay, the Nobel laureate and his friend Henry Louis Gates, Jr. remember another friend: the late Toni Morrison.

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If you're trying to heal a society, engage in storytelling. If you're trying to achieve a resilient collective memory, build spaces for it.

#SocietalHealing #Education

Intergenerational legacies of memory

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#Education

We are extremely pleased to announce the longlist for the 2024 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Congratulations to all longlisted translators!

Join me this week on May 14 at ICMGLT as my colleagues ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕀𝕣𝕒𝕜𝕠𝕫𝕖, Henriette Mutegwaraba, Akariza Laurette Annely, and I reflect on Memory, Culture, and Healing while exploring Rwanda's intergenerational memorialization process.'

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#Kwibuka30 #Resilience