Names
Posted by conwaypg | 10 Aug, 2007 |
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Most of the names above and below were identified as Hutu; those who were were identified as ethnic-Tutsi are noted as (T) below. Those already recognized as "heroes" in the Gisozi-Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre are identified with asterisks below.
Names Places
Therese Nyirabayovu Nyarungenge, Kigali
Fredouald Karuhije * Nyamabuye Gitarama
Dr. Wolfgang Blam (FRG) with Dr. Leonard Hitimana (T) Kibuye hospital
Gitabita Nyirantaba Kibuye hospital
Fr. Joseph Boneza (T) (d. 1994) Mibilizi parish
Fr. Ignace Kabera (T) Cyimbogo, Cyangugu
Fr. Dieudonne' Twakabayiza Mibilizi parish
Fr. Ladislas Uzabakiriho Kinzuzi-Mbogo, Kigali
Fr. Baudouin Busunyu Kamembe, Cyangugu
Callixte Ndagijimana (d.. 1994) Gitarama, Mugina parish
Fr. Oscar Nkundayezu Kamembe commune Cyangugu
Felicite'e Niyitegeka (d Nyundo Gisenyi
Gabriel Mvunganyi Ngoma-Mbogo, Kigali
Jean Marie Vianney Gisagara *(d. 1994) Nyabisindu, Butare
Fr. Celestin Hakizamana St Paul's, Kigali
Sula Karuhimbi * Musamo-Ntongwe, Gitarama
Paul Kamanzi (d. 1994) Muhazi, Kibungo
Fr. Jean-Bosco Muyaneza (d. 1994) Muhazi, Kibungo
Fr. Jean-Pierre Ngoga (T) (d. 1994) Kibeho
Fr. Vieko Curic Kivumu
Damas Mutezintare Gisimba * Nyamirambo
Innocent Ndamyimana Gisanura * Bisesero
Tharcisse Mukama Bugasera
Emmanuel Mugenzire Murabi
Yahya Nsengiyumva * Kigali
Mama Sania* Kibuye
Silas Ntamfurayishiyali Nyamata
Hadj Bazirake Jumaine Gisenyi
Mwitakuzi Felicita Gihoma
Epimaque Munyiragwe Murama
Etienne Nyangenzi Kigali
Note: This list above is not intended to be exclusive. It represents a tiny fraction of thousands who died or risked their lives in efforts to save Tutsis and others during the 1994 genocide. Hopefully the names and the stories below will discourage readers from thinking about the genocide in dangerously stereotypical terms.