English edition
Genocide: My Stolen Rwanda
The English translation of his testimony — the massacre at Mugina, the loss of forty-three relatives, and a life rebuilt in exile.
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Révérien
Rurangwa
Survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Author. Keynote speaker on memory, denial and human dignity.
Has spoken atUnited NationsUNESCOKwibuka CommemorationsEuropean UniversitiesParliaments & Memorials
A testimony of survival
"They killed me, and all my family, on a hill in Rwanda. But I did not die."
On 20 April 1994, at Mugina, forty-three members of Révérien's family were murdered in a single afternoon. He was fifteen. He has spoken for them, and for more than one million Tutsi, ever since.
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Published works
Every page is a name.
Written with a hand that trembled, and a memory that refused to soften. Translated into more than ten languages.
Édition française
Génocidé
The original French memoir, written with Philippe Craenhals and read in classrooms and commemorations across Europe.
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01 — 03From organisers
He does not simply address an audience — he changes the room. Students who came for a history lecture left with a responsibility.
University lecture organiser, Europe
Dignified, precise and profoundly human. Our commemoration was the most attended we have held.
Commemoration programme director
Amplify the message
Available for university lectures, conferences, commemorations and institutional events — in English and French.
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