Sinagaye, Simoni

Sinagaye, Simoni

Simoni Sinagaye

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Interviewee Age

Born in 1959

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Occupation

Former Construction worker

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

7th grade

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Mutsinda Village, the commune was Gitandu, the Province Bururi

Current Geographical Location

Mutsinda Village, the commune is Songa, Bururi Province

Interview Date

5-1-2022

Interviewer Name

Florence Nitunga

Summary of Oral History

On April 30th, the second day of the 1972 tragedy, Simoni Sinagaye was at Kivumu elementary School. He saw students who fled from Mugara, Rumonge commune, being arrested and herded to the zone at Manyoni. Anyone who went there did not return. They afterwards started to arrest the local population. They targeted any Hutu who has income-generating activities, students, intellectuals, or any Hutu man who owns valuable things. His father, who was a merchant, was arrested in similar circumstances and did not come back. His job was to sell clothes, cows and fish. Simoni escaped thanks to a Tutsi neighbor who was a friend of his family. He warned him to run away. His elder brother was also killed in that tragedy, he was also a businessman. To arrest a big number, they mobilized all men to attend the vigils. They rounded up one by one, took them to the zone and nobody came back. Discrimination against Hutus continued even after 1972. Hutu students were not allowed to enter 7th grade. After passing the national test, the headmasters together with authorities took the grades of Hutu students and attributed them to Tutsis who failed. Hence, Hutu students dropped out of school by the time Tutsis moved to the 7th grade. The perpetrators looted afterward the victims’ belongings, especially stores, houses, lands, and any valuable equipment. The widows as well as the orphans stayed in misery.

Named Persons

Simon Sinagaye his father was Mbogoye Gabriel, his mother was Ntibarugabanya Riberata, His siblings are Sindayihebura Cyprien, Ininahazwe Paul, Nizigiyimana Maragarita, Ndayizeye Veronika, Ndayisenga Koreta and Rusiya Manirambona. His grandmother is Nzigamiye Liberathe. Nyawakira the authority and perpetrator. Condo Yohani a local authority of Ndago village. Bizuru, Ndikumagenge, Ntawuyiba, Gasavuba, Pierre are the perpetrators who took away Sinagaye’s father

Named Places

Mutsinda the village, Kiryama the zone, Songa the commune of Bururi province, Bururi the province, Rukina the village, Kivumu the village, Mugara the village, Songa the commune of Bururi province, Matana the commune of Bururi, Tanzanie the country. Rumonge the province. Muzenga the village, Ndago the village, Bujumbura the capital of Burundi, Manyoni the village, Rumeza the village

Length of Oral History

00:33:03

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere

Field Folder Number

14

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