Denise Uwimana

Rwanda’s Widows

Dominic Johnson, The New Times The genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994 left countless widows behind. They dried their tears, organized themselves – and changed the country. In Rwanda, there was not yet a word for ‘genocide’ when, … Continue Reading »

From Red Earth

From Red Earth

In the space of a hundred days, a million Tutsi in Rwanda were slaughtered by their Hutu neighbors. At the height of the genocide, as men with bloody machetes ransacked her home, Denise Uwimana gave birth to her third son. … Continue Reading »