Rwandan Clips
2010/09/10: Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past
September 10, 2010: the USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted a panel discussion that addressed the role of testimony in the process of national mourning, transitional justice, and memorialization.
Participants in the panel discussion, titled “Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past,” included Beth Meyerowitz, USC Professor of Psychology; Mathilde Mukantabana, Professor of History at Cosumnes River College and President of Friends of Rwanda Association; Freddy Mutanguha, Director of the Kigali Memorial Centre and Secretary General of IBUKA; and James Smith, CEO of Aegis Trust. Lyn Boyd-Judson, Director of the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, moderated the discussion.
“Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past” was made possible through generous funding by the ACE Charitable Foundation.
2010/09/10: Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past
Language: English
September 10, 2010: the USC Shoah Foundation Institute hosted a panel discussion that addressed the role of testimony in the process of national mourning, transitional justice, and memorialization.
Participants in the panel discussion, titled “Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past,” included Beth Meyerowitz, USC Professor of Psychology; Mathilde Mukantabana, Professor of History at Cosumnes River College and President of Friends of Rwanda Association; Freddy Mutanguha, Director of the Kigali Memorial Centre and Secretary General of IBUKA; and James Smith, CEO of Aegis Trust. Lyn Boyd-Judson, Director of the USC Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics, moderated the discussion.
“Rwanda: Confronting a Painful Past” was made possible through generous funding by the ACE Charitable Foundation.
Venuste Karasira
Language: Kinyarwanda
Venuste describes losing his daughter right before his eyes.
Born: 1953
City of Birth: Kabagali (Gitarama, Rwanda)
In hiding: Kicukiro (Kigali, Rwanda)
Liberated by: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Liberation location: Nyanza (Kicukiro, Kigali, Rwanda)