Bukuru, Sabina

Bukuru, Sabina

Sabina Bukuru

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Interviewee Age

78

Interviewee Gender

Female

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

5th grade

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Burundi, Bujumbura Municipality

Current Geographical Location

Burundi, Musaga Quarter, the commune is Muha, the province Bujumbura Mairie

Interview Date

5-22-2022

Interviewer Name

Yollande Niyubahwe

Summary of Oral History

Sabina attended Notre Dame School but stopped her studies after the fifth grade to help with work at home. She completed her confirmation in 1959 at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Sabina was raised by her aunt after her parents died. She was born in Rweza but did not grow up there. She had two brothers; one was killed during the 1993 crisis, and the other went to Congo and never returned back to Burundi.

During the tragedies of 1972, Sabina lost her husband, Commander Zacharie Harerimana. Harerimana was a soldier and abroad in Belgium for a work mission. Upon returning to Burundi on April 3, 1972, he was warned by a friend that he would die if he returned. Despite this, he insisted on returning home. On the same day he arrived home, he went directly to give the mission report at work although his friends kept warning him of impending death. He never came back.. Sabina was forced out of their government-provided home in INSS quarter, Avenue Bururi No 45, by officers. They were left homeless, and her husband was later reported dead and Sabina and her children were eventually sent to her father-in-law's house.

Shortly after the incident, Sabina’s children were separated from her, and she did not know their whereabouts.

Named Persons

Rudobeye (father), Bahurika (mother), Gisangari (brother), Zacharie Harerimana (husband)

Named Places

Burundi, Bujumbura Municipality, Musaga Quarter, the commune is Muha, the province Bujumbura Mairie

Length of Oral History

01:06:29

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Melchizedek Boshirwa and transcriptionist Pasteur Niyomwungere

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