Girukwigomba, Pasikaziya

Girukwigomba, Pasikaziya

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Interviewee Age

Born in 1950

Interviewee Gender

Female

Interviewee Occupation

Farmer

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

Did not attend school

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Ndago Village, the commune was Gitandu, Songa zone, the province Bururi

Current Geographical Location

Ndago Village, the commune is Songa, the province Bururi

Interview Date

3-19-2022

Interviewer Name

Florence Nitunga

Summary of Oral History

Pasikaziya Girukwigomba recounts the tragedy of 1972, how she lost her husband and what was happening in her neighborhood. The massacre happened systematically. In the beginning they started killing Hutu soldiers, later they killed civilians. They arrested them, herded them and took them away but the people said nothing. They arrested teachers or any Hutu who worked for the government. And one Tutsi could arrest and take away fifty Hutus. Pascasie's husband was a soldier who left her for work and has not returned to this day. And despite what her husband had at work, Pascasie got nothing and they stole it all. He also owned a shop, they looted it after they killed the shopkeeper. Dead bodies were thrown in deep pits and in rivers. Many were thrown into pits in Bururi. Pascasie lost her brothers, her uncle, her cousins, one of her brothers was a headmaster in Rutovu school, the other was a teacher. They didn't know who killed them. They only know that the Tutsis are the ones who killed the Hutus. During slaughter, some were killed by swords, others were beaten to death. There are those who were taken from prisons and brought outside to be killed. Pasikasiya's husband left her with three children and her life took a bad turn. Although it was hard to survive, she sent her children to school.

Named Persons

Girukwigomba Pascasie her parents are Pierre Cangazi and Berenazita Ndoricimpa, Her siblings were Alphonse, Ntibaramvuna, Her grandparents were Rugutu and Nteturuye.

Named Places

Karambi, Ndago villages Bururi Province, Rutovu the commune of Bururi

Length of Oral History

00:22:31

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere

Field Folder Number

38

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Girukwigomba, Pasikaziya

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