Nsengiyumva, Sylvestre

Nsengiyumva, Sylvestre

Sylvestre Nsengiyumva

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Interviewee Age

Born in 1962

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

Elementary School

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Sasa Village, Ntega commune, Kirundo arrondissement, the province was Muyinga

Current Geographical Location

Sasa Village, the commune is Ntega, the province Kirundo

Interview Date

2-18-2022

Interviewer Name

Mukamarakiza Philippe

Summary of Oral History

Sylvestre lost his father, Mark Ndayizeye,  in the 1972 tragedy. His grandfather also perished in that tragedy. He also lost his uncle father Martin Gakwavu and his little uncle Dominic Nkanage, they also killed other salesmen. People who were arrested in Kirundo province were killed in Vumbi. Ndabaneze is the one who carried the father’s Sylvestre in the jeep, after killing his father in …72. Ndabaneze and his driver took the car of his father, he died in Vumbi, his father died having three cars. After he died they robbed them of their possessions like cows and all the cars, a deposit of sorghum and beans, money. In …73 they said that mulele had cracked down and told people to go to cut grasses in Yanza after they killed the hutus who were in Yanza. Sylvestre Nsengiyumva was in 6th grade and his schoolmates began to persecute him accusing him of being a kid of a Traitor [Umumenja in Kirundi]. When they sat for the national exam, Sylvestre and his other Hutus classmates were not given a certificate allowing them to go to 7th grade. Their certificates were instead given to the Tutsi who didn’t pass the test. Sylvestre was traumatized when he went to school and dropped out of school, including his little brother and sister. In …65 the father of Sylvestre was imprisoned due to politics, the teacher named Migeregero also was imprisoned.

Named Persons

Bigendako a director of Ntega, Mark Ndayizeye and Godelieve Rwasa parents of Sylvestre, Father Martin Gakwavu, Dominic Nkanage the uncle of Sylvestre, grandfather of Sylvestre was called Joseph Nsekambabaye, his grandmother was called Adela Mutwakazi. Elias a friend of father’s Sylvestre, Sebatien Mako the administrator, Reverien the Tutsi who carry the people to the commune. Ndizeye the king’ son, Migeregero the teacher, kamisi. Ndabaneze the soldier, Tofiki driver of Ndabaneze, Reverien, Gregory the policeman ,Joseph Barunsanze the preceptor. Leonidas Comanzi, Augustin Nahimana. Joseph Mpfayokurera, Stany Misago. Birwabari the tutsi who killed people in Yanza, Kasukutare brother of Birwabari, Rivuzumwami Mathias brother of Reverien, Eduard Nduwimana Ombudsman of Burundi

Named Places

Sasa hill, Ntega commune, Kirundo province, Gisanze hill, Muyinga province, Ntega the commune, Kanyaru the river, Vumbi the commune, Bujumbura the capital of Burundi,murore the hill, Yanza the hill, Busoni Commune, Bishiha the forest.

Length of Oral History

01:18:25

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Translator: Melchisedeck Boshirwa, Transcriptionist: Pasteur Niyomwungere

Field Folder Number

6

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