Muvunandinda, Ferdinand

Muvunandinda, Ferdinand

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Interviewee Age

Born in 1964

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Occupation

Farmer

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Burara Village, Busoni zone, the commune was Murore, Kirundo Arrondissement, the Province was Muyinga

Current Geographical Location

Burara Village, the commune is Busoni, Kirundo Province

Interview Date

2-19-2022

Interviewer Name

Interviewer and translator for transcripts: Philippe Mukamarakiza

Summary of Oral History

Ferdinand talks about the 1972 tragedy. He describes the tragic events that happened in Burundi in 1972 and 1973. He lost his father, Dominique Bizuru in 1972. He was taken away by Bukuru, the policeman and also brother of Bimpenda. The perpetrator arrested him together with another man called Karemera. After that, a mob of men, called JRR, led by the communal administrator, Nzirikana and Bitezigihanga looted the house and his father’s store. They robbed bicycles, clothes and the sewing machines which were in the store at the marketplace, over there at the crossroads. He lost other relatives notably Bikere, his grandfather's brother and Rubamba from Rutabo.

Named Persons

Dominiko Bizuru his father, Katarina Mukahigiro is his mother, Bitezigihanga and Nzirikana were the perpetrators, Nzirikana was also the head of the village called at the time councilor, Micombero was the President of the Republic., Mbonigaba and Muyombanyi Gaspard escaped and fled to Rwanda., Karemera and Bikere were victims, killed in 1972. , Bukuru the brother of Bimpenda, was the perpetrator., Uburoberi(rebels) a word attributed to those who were targeted in 1973., Abamenja (traitor) a word attributed to those who were targeted in 1972., His Excellency Petero Nkurunziza the president of the republic from 2005 to 2020., Birote a whiteman who took care of those who fled to him.

Named Places

Some people fled to Kibonde,to a white man called Birote for protection, Ngenda and Biharagu are Rwanda villages border Burundi, Vumbi is one of the communes of Kirundo, Nyarutanga is a hill of Busoni, Burara is a village, Rumonge is a commune, Bucana and Nyarutanga and Munazi are the Villages, Rusarasi was Murore chief town, Nyakibatura is a village, Burara is a Village, Busoni is a commune but it was in Murore commune at the time, the Province of Kirundo., Burundi is the country, Gatete is a zone, Rwanda is the neighboring country that borders Busoni commune.,Burara is a village., Muyinga is a province., Kirundo is currently a province but it was an arrondissement at the time., I Ririma was a Burundi refugee camp located in Rwanda., Gisenyi is a village, Murore was a commune., Bujumbura is the capital of Burundi.

Length of Oral History

00:34:37

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Philippe Mukamarakiza

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