Mbuzukongira, Jerome

Interviewee

Jerome Mbuzukongira

Interviewee Age

Born in 1946

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Occupation

Worked in the ministry of planning, department of studies and statistics but now retired

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

Was already working but education level was secondary school in college Notre Dame de Gitega, CND

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Gitega commune, Gitega province

Current Geographical Location

Magarama quarter, Gitega commune and province

Interview Date

12-15-2023

Interviewer Name

Member of the GHRAD research team

Summary of Oral History

Mbuzukongira Jerome was working at Bujumbura in the ministry of planning and statistics in 1972. His father, a small businessman, helps him to pay school fees to continue primary school and secondary school. When the tragedy broke out, he was in a bar in Bujumbura, he saw a man wandering. He was hunting Hutus. When he came near Jerome, he said: “We see a hutu; come, come”. He arrested him, beat him and imprisoned him. He was beaten until his neck became crippled. He has been disabled up to now. Jerome was identified through the nose shape: Hutu plate nose, Tutsi long nose. According to Jerome, young people have to go to school in order to learn the truth behind ethnicity.

Length of Oral History

00:28:50

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere

Field Folder Number

160

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Recommended Citation

Mbuzukongira, Jerome, "Mbuzukongira, Jerome" (2023). 1972 Burundi Genocide – Oral Histories. 93.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/burundi-oral-histories/93

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