Nyandwi, Nasitaziya

Interviewee

Nasitaziya Nyandwi

Interviewee Gender

Female

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

None

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Musenyi village, Songa zone, commune Gitandu, Bururi province

Current Geographical Location

Musenyi village, Songa commune, Bururi province

Interview Date

3-28-2022

Interviewer Name

Florence Nitunga

Summary of Oral History

Nasitaziya Nyandwi alias Sindiwenumwe was born during the regime of prince Basagwe at Buyengero and prince Ndarishikije who lived in Taba in Bururi province. She was born in Horezo village, Songa commune, in Bururi province. She recounts how they witnessed people taking their husbands to go to patrol and thereafter, they didn’t return back, they got information that they were killed.

People missed their relatives but they didn’t mourn, they didn’t bury them. Anastasie missed her husband in the 1972 tragedy, the tragedy started when she was in Runyinya in Musenyi, her husband left her with three children, she described how they lived harmoniously with her husband, and how she suffered after her husband’s death. Matabura and Ntibaneneje were together with tutsis who took away her husband. Tutsi people rounded up hutus, took them away and killed them. There were also some hutus who were associated with tutsis to kill other hutus, and together with tutsis they celebrated parties, danced because of Hutus’ death. They sang saying that they had put away their enemies from their necks, among those hutus, there were her father-in-law, and segikwega.

Named Persons

Ntanyungu: Her father, Banigwa: her Mother, Matabura: a Tutsi involved in killing Hutus, Ntibaneneje: a Tutsi involved in killing Hutus, Segikwega: a Hutu associated with Tutsis to kill other Hutus, Nteturuye and Kuguru: Tutsis involved in killing Hutus, Micombero: Burundi president of the time

Named Places

Musenyi: Village where she lived, Runyinya: Hill where she lived, Taba: Village, Songa: Commune, Bururi: Province, Horezo: Subvillage

Length of Oral History

00:44:37

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere

Field Folder Number

8

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Recommended Citation

Nyandwi, Nasitaziya, "Nyandwi, Nasitaziya" (2022). 1972 Burundi Genocide – Oral Histories. 77.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/burundi-oral-histories/77

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