Foto's:
Jack Yacubu Photography - Jack Yacubu
Eigen opnamen - Reginald Verhofstede
Music:
Morley Kamen - www.morleymusic.org
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Connected - Ntarana, Rwanda - 14 april 2014.
We leave Kigali in a minivan. I find it hard to see people walking on these roads with their belongings, friends, children, ordinary lives. It’s my second day in Rwanda. In the little church of Ntarana dozens of villagers were massacred with bullets, grenades and machetes in 1994. From the outside, the church does not hint at what took place inside.
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We leave Kigali in a minivan. I find it hard to see people walking on these roads with their belongings, friends, children, ordinary lives. It’s my second day in Rwanda. In the little church of Ntarana dozens of villagers were massacred with bullets, grenades and machetes in 1994. From the outside, the church does not hint at what took place inside.
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Trust- Murambi, Rwanda 16 April 2014.
In 1994 a technical school was built on this site, as large as three soccer fields. Tutsis from the area who had sought refuge in churches were asked to gather there. After a gruelling 2 weeks, all of the 50,000 men, women, children and babies were killed. Only 10 survived. One of them is Juliette and her daughter, who was born there. She testifies how she lost her husband and two boys in the massacre.
In 1994 a technical school was built on this site, as large as three soccer fields. Tutsis from the area who had sought refuge in churches were asked to gather there. After a gruelling 2 weeks, all of the 50,000 men, women, children and babies were killed. Only 10 survived. One of them is Juliette and her daughter, who was born there. She testifies how she lost her husband and two boys in the massacre.
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Reading names - Murambi, Rwanda April 17, 2014
"How can someone kill his own neighbour?" - "Who is the architect of this genocide?" - "Why did nobody try to stop it? With these questions we can easily fill an entire afternoon. We are bound to find something on the president, on the role of the UN, on our minister of defence at the time, on my role as a soldier and undoubtedly on the Rwandans themselves. But we won’t find an explanation.
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Reading names - Murambi, Rwanda April 17, 2014
"How can someone kill his own neighbour?" - "Who is the architect of this genocide?" - "Why did nobody try to stop it? With these questions we can easily fill an entire afternoon. We are bound to find something on the president, on the role of the UN, on our minister of defence at the time, on my role as a soldier and undoubtedly on the Rwandans themselves. But we won’t find an explanation.
That it’s possible
"You probably saw some bad things?" - "Do they keep you awake at night?" - "It’s quite a mess in Africa, isn’t it?" - "They brought it on themselves, didn’t they? It’s always something there. [...]To me, such questions are posed by someone who walks into the sea and continues looking for a solid footing "toe by toe". To me, it’s about losing everything. How could I list or prioritise these things? How can I put them in words?
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Dear Veteran,
In 2014 we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the events in Rwanda. For the Veterans’ Institute, this anniversary is an opportunity to collect the testimonies given at the time, in light of the Remembrance. After all, the events in Rwanda are a part of our history.I know this invitation is meant well. Because we can keep what we collect. Like model trains or china, so why not "memories".
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Dear Veteran,
In 2014 we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the events in Rwanda. For the Veterans’ Institute, this anniversary is an opportunity to collect the testimonies given at the time, in light of the Remembrance. After all, the events in Rwanda are a part of our history.I know this invitation is meant well. Because we can keep what we collect. Like model trains or china, so why not "memories".
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You knew what you were getting into! You chose to fulfil your military service with the Para Commando regiment. We couldn’t get a word in edgeways when someone told you about the possible risks."I struggle with the thought. To me, it’s like saying: "You shouldn’t have driven so fast
in that street, ..."
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