AGATHE is a multi-award-winning play by Angela J. Davis, directed by Mukul Ahmed and produced in the UK by Raminder Kaur.

It tells the story of the life of an overlooked woman in world history, Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

​She was a Chemistry professor, an advocate for women and girls’ education, and head of state for less than a day in the opening stages of the genocide against Tutsi people in Rwanda.

​A beacon for our times, her silenced story and brave spirit are brought to life in this unique play, inspired by true but forgotten world history.

The Youth for Rwanda Educational Package (YREP) is designed for secondary school teachers interested in the region, ethnicity, gender, and human rights of people in Rwanda who were affected by the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Rwandan genocide). It has wider implications for women, minority groups and their experiences of ethnic/racial discrimination and violence.

The aim is to engage students in discussions on minority cultures, the status of girls and women, displaced people and refugees, and genocide. It is also to provide opportunities to appreciate, understand and use or act on principles to do with human rights.

It has resources and educational activities which can be used to learn more about the life of Agathe, as well as more broadly about the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

You can download the Education Pack from here. There is further information on the play and production here.