Intended Audience
There will be a reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres from 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. and Ms. Mujawayo's talk will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Center for the Study of Democracy, in collaboration with the African and African Diaspora Studies program and International Languages and Cultures, is pleased to sponsor a free lecture and Q&A with Esther Mujawayo, Rwandan author, psychotherapist and survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Born in Rwanda in 1958, Esther Mujawayo is the author of Survivors: Rwanda, Ten Years after Genocide (2004) (published originally in French as Survivantes. Rwanda, dix ans après le génocide) and Stephanie’s Flower: Rwanda between Reconciliation and Denial (2006). One of the founders of the Association of Widows of the Rwandan Genocide (AVEGA) in 1994, she has appeared at international conferences, including the United Nations General Assembly, to speak on behalf of Tutsi genocide survivors. She currently lives in Germany where she is a practicing psychotherapist. Her talk will focus on her work as an advocate for survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda as well as on our own roles and responsibilities towards victims of violence.
This event is one of a special set of programs entitled “Remembering Rwanda: 30 years after the Genocide against the Tutsi," which is part of the CSD's inaugural "Africa Series," a collaboration of the African and African Diaspora Studies program and the Center for the Study of Democracy, which brings to campus scholars, activists and artists, whose work engages with the history, peoples and cultures of the African continent and its diasporas.