Mugemangabo, Angelo

Interviewee

Angelo Mugemangabo

Interviewee Age

Born in 1960, 62

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Occupation

Farmer, Veteran

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

Sixth grade of Elementary school

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Burundi, Vumbi Village, Vumbi commune, Kirundo Arrondissement, the Province was Muyinga

Current Geographical Location

Burundi, Vumbi Village, the commune is Vumbi, Kirundo Province

Interview Date

2-16-2022

Interviewer Name

Philippe Mukamarakiza

Summary of Oral History

Angelo Mugemangabo lost his brother and his relative in the 1972 tragedy. All of them belong to the Tutsi ethnic group but they were killed by Tutsis. Ruberankiko Salvator, a soldier who worked in Bujumbura was killed because the perpetrators said no Hutu lived in Kirundo. Nkundabanyanka Emmanuel was a gendarme who worked in Kirundo. Ndabaneze Laurent, a former army brigade commander, took him away because he supplied food to a Hutu man who was in Kirundo prison. Angelo Mugemangango, whether he was at home or at school, saw soldiers coming to round up Hutus like teachers or other kinds of people and took them away. But he thereafter learnt that they were massacred for they were ‘Abamenja’ traitors.

Named Persons

Mugaruko Henri André (his father), Gasonzera Michel (his grandfather), Kaburente Veronika (his grandmother), Nyawakira (a Prince of the time), Ndabaneze Laurent (a former army brigade commander)

Named Places

Gasura elementary school located near Vumbi commune, Kirundo was a chief town and arrondissement, Bujumbura is the capital of Burundi

Length of Oral History

00:21:25

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere

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Recommended Citation

Mugemangabo, Angelo, "Mugemangabo, Angelo" (2022). 1972 Burundi Genocide – Oral Histories. 23.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/burundi-oral-histories/23

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