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Lunchtime Lecture – Kwibuka, Remember: A conversation with Olivier Kameya, survivor of the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda

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Lunchtime Lecture – Kwibuka, Remember: A conversation with Olivier Kameya, survivor of the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda

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Wednesday 7 August
1.15pm

FREE

In this Lunchtime Lecture, Olivier Kameya, a survivor of the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda, will be in conversation with Museum Educator Ari Lander to tell his story of survival and his journey towards being able to speak about his experiences.

Olivier was born on 7 June 1974 in Bukavu,where his parents found exile as a result of continued persecution of Tutsis by the government. They returned to Rwanda when Olivier was four months old, where he grew up with his four sisters and two brothers. However, Olivier was separated from his family at the beginning of the genocide when he was forced to flee his home. He finally joined a displaced persons camp at his local Catholic Parish, where he remained in solitary seclusion until evacuation to a safe zone was allowed in June 1994.

Olivier lost his mother and his sisters, and his father was handed over to the local militia by their Priest and he was subsequently killed. Olivier also lost his two grandfathers, his maternal grandmother, five aunts, two uncles and their families.

To me silence is akin to the worst form of complicity to any crime. My small contribution in talking about the genocide in Rwanda is the utmost honour to those we lost untimely who never and will never have a chance to tell their own story. Fortunately, I have also found it to be therapeutic.”

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Wednesday 7 August
1.15pm

FREE

In this Lunchtime Lecture, Olivier Kameya, a survivor of the genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda, will be in conversation with Museum Educator Ari Lander to tell his story of survival and his journey towards being able to speak about his experiences.

Olivier was born on 7 June 1974 in Bukavu,where his parents found exile as a result of continued persecution of Tutsis by the government. They returned to Rwanda when Olivier was four months old, where he grew up with his four sisters and two brothers. However, Olivier was separated from his family at the beginning of the genocide when he was forced to flee his home. He finally joined a displaced persons camp at his local Catholic Parish, where he remained in solitary seclusion until evacuation to a safe zone was allowed in June 1994.

Olivier lost his mother and his sisters, and his father was handed over to the local militia by their Priest and he was subsequently killed. Olivier also lost his two grandfathers, his maternal grandmother, five aunts, two uncles and their families.

To me silence is akin to the worst form of complicity to any crime. My small contribution in talking about the genocide in Rwanda is the utmost honour to those we lost untimely who never and will never have a chance to tell their own story. Fortunately, I have also found it to be therapeutic.”

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