“I inherited this orphanage from my father. I was in my twenties at the time. I had other dreams for my life, but the responsibility fell on me.”

“There was a huge puzzle after the genocide. How do you pursue justice when the crime is so great?”

“My father was well respected in the community. He was a university lecturer and a choir member.”

“I was only ten years old at the time so I don’t remember much.”

“The genocide was an opportunity to get rich. Murdering people was the quickest way to accumulate wealth.”

“My father was a talented engineer. He could fix any type of truck, and he used his income to help the poor.”

“When we heard the president had been killed, I ran into the street with my friends.”

“My husband and I were shopkeepers at the time of the genocide.”

“When I was twelve years old, they undressed a Tutsi girl in front of my entire school.”

“First came the meetings. They were openly advertised on community microphones.”