Nkurunziza, Yvette

Nkurunziza, Yvette

Yvette Nkurunziza

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Interviewee Age

52

Interviewee Gender

Female

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Gitega

Interview Date

2025

Summary of Oral History

Nkurunziza was an infant when her father was murdered during the 1972 Genocide of Burundi. Her father was a customs officer and a respected community member. Military officials arrested her father on his way to work, and he was never seen alive again. After his death, Nkurunziza explained her family’s living conditions worsened, and her mother sent them to live with their grandmother. Nkurunziza explained that because Tutsis killed her father, she was raised to hate Tutsis because all Tutsis were terrible people. However, Nkurunziza is proud to share that her daughter-in-law and grandchild are part of Tutsi, and there is no room for hate in their hearts. Now, she hopes the youth study the past so that this mass atrocity never happens again.

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