Ngendanayo, Fidèle

Interviewee

Fidèle Ngendanayo

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Occupation

Farmer

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

5th grade of elementary school

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Muzima Village, Bururi: the commune and province

Current Geographical Location

Muzima Village, Bururi: the commune and province

Interview Date

12-12-2023

Interviewer Name

GHRAD Research Team Member

Summary of Oral History

Fidele Ngendanayo lost his father in 1972. He was killed together with his uncle. Another uncle was arrested from Kiremba school. When the tragedy began, Fidele Ngendanayo was at home village. People began to say that the war broke out, the rebels “mulele” are killing people. The local Authority organized patrols. All men had to attend night patrols. The perpetrators came to arrest some Hutus from the patrols. One day the father of Fidele Ngendanayo went, as usual, to patrol. The perpetrators came and arrested him together with other hutus who were there. They took them to the Muzenga zone and killed them. His father died with his elder and little brothers. Meanwhile, he was a businessman, he had a big shop at Munini then when he died they came and looted everything. Nearby, the students of teacher training school of Kiremba were arrested, packed in trucks and transported to be killed. The little brother of his father, Elias Nyawakira, was one of those victims. He was about to finish secondary school at Kiremba. From that period, Hutu and Tutsi were not on good terms. Fidele was studying at Kiremba and the Tutsi from Kiremba often came to track them at Siguvyaye River until they fled from there and went to study at Muyange.

Named Persons

Ngendanayo Fidele; his siblings are Mpabonimana Verariya and Ntirabampa Jacqueline and Ngendanayo Fidele and Nihangaza Gaston and Kabura Carena, Mbukuza Ananiya his father, Makakaza - the perpetrator who arrested the father of Fidele. Zakariya Minani - his father’s elder brother. There was another pupil; Nyawakira Elias - little brother of Mbukuza Ananiya

Named Places

Muzima the village, Bururi the province, Munini the village, Kiremba the village, Muzenga the village, Bujumbura is the capital of Burundi, Siguvyaye the river, Muyange the village, Burundi the country.

Length of Oral History

00:36:47

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

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Recommended Citation

Ngendanayo, Fidèle, "Ngendanayo, Fidèle" (2023). 1972 Burundi Genocide – Oral Histories. 68.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/burundi-oral-histories/68

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