Kushanya kuKigali Genocide Memorial Center, Rwanda

IKigali Gwenyeuchidzo yeChechi yeChechi inotarisana neimwe yezvikomo zvakawanda zvinopoteredza guta guru reRwanda . Kubva kunze, chivakwa chinoshamisa chine masvingo machena-akagezwa uye majeti akanaka-asi Centre inofadza maesthetic inopesana zvikuru nezvinotyisa zvakavanzwa mukati. Zviratidzo zveCentral zvinotaura nyaya yekuparadzwa kweRwanda muna 1994, panguva iyo inenge mamiriyoni evanhu vakaurayiwa.

Mumakore kubvira pakaparadzwa rudzi rwakazozivikanwa seimwe yezvinotyisa zvakanyanya, nyika yakamboona.

History of Hate

Kuti tinyatsonzwisisa mharidzo yeCentral, zvinokosha kuti tinzwisise mamiriro ehutongerwe enyika ya 1994. Mbeu yechisimba yakadyarwa apo Rwanda yakasarudzwa seBelgium colony mushure meHondo Yenyika I. VaBelgium vakaburitsa makadhi ekuzivikanwa kune vekuzvarwa veRwanda, vachivaparadzanisa mumapoka emarudzi akasiyana - kusanganisira vaHutus vazhinji, uye vashoma vaTutsi. VaTutsi vaifungidzirwa kuva vakakwirira kuvaHutus uye vakagadziriswa zvakanakisisa pazvakauya kumabasa, dzidzo uye kodzero dzevanhu.

Zvisingatauriki, kusaruramisira uku kwakashata kwakagumbuka zvikuru pakati pehuhu hwehuhu, uye kutsamwa pakati pemarudzi maviri kwakadzika midzi. Muna 1959, vaHutu vakarwisana navaTutsi vavakidzani vavo, vachiuraya vanhu vanenge 20 000 uye vachimanikidza vanenge 300 000 kuti vatize kunyika dzakapoteredza seBurundi neUganda.

Apo Rwanda yakawana rusununguko kubva kuBelgium muna 1962, vaHutus vakatora kutonga kwenyika.

Kurwisana pakati pevaHutus neTutsi yakaramba, uye vapoteri kubva kumagumo ekupedzisira vakaumba vapanduki veRwanda Patriotic Front (RPF). Kutambudzwa kwakawedzera kusvikira muna 1993 apo gungano rekugadzikana rakasimbiswa pakati pe RPF uye mutungamiri weHutu anoenzanisa Juvenal Habyarimana.

Zvisinei, musi wa6 Mbudzi 1994, Mutungamiri Habyarimana akaurawa apo ndege yake yakadururwa pamusoro peKigari Airport. Kunyange zvazvo zvisingazivikanwi kuti ndiani aikonzera kurwiswa, kutsiva pamusoro peTutsi kwaikurumidza.

Muawa isingapfuuri awa, vaHutu vezvematongerwe enyika vakapinda mapoka eInterahamwe neImpuzamugambi vakange vavhara zvikamu zveguta guru ndokutanga kuuraya vatutsi uye vaHutus vairemekedzwa vakange vamire munzira yavo. Hurumende yakatorwa nevaHutus vane utsinye, avo vakatsigira kuurayiwa kusvika pakupararira muRwanda semoto wemoto. Kuurayiwa kwakaguma apo RPF yakabudirira kutora kutonga kwemwedzi mitatu gare gare - asi panguva iyoyo, pakati pe800 000 neyemamiriyoni evanhu vakanga vaurayiwa.

Kuratidzwa Kunoshanyira

Kudzoka muna 2010, ndakanga ndine ropafadzo yekuenda kuRwanda uye kushanyira Kigali Genocide Memorial Center kwandiri. Ndaiziva zvishoma nezvehupenyu hwekuparadza nyika - asi hapana chakandigadzirira nokuda kwekutambudzika kwepfungwa kwandakanga ndava kuzoita. Rwendo rwacho rwakatanga nemashoko mashomanana ekutanga kwekoloni muRwanda, achishandisa mapurisa makuru, mafirimu ekare, uye zvinyorwa zvekunyoresa kuratidzira sangano reRwanda rakabatana umo vaHutu nevaTutsi vairarama maererano.

Chiratidziro chacho chakawedzera kukuvhiringidza nemashoko ekuvengana kwemadzinza akavakwa neVaBelgian colonialists, achiteverwa nemuenzaniso weparapaganda akazogadziriswa nehurumende yeHutu kuti iparadzise vatapwa veTutsi.

Ndiine chikwata chekuparadzirwa kwevanhu, ndakaburukira muhusiku hwemakamuri akazara nemapfupa evanhu, kusanganisira zviduku zviduku nevakadzi vevana vakafa. Kune zvikamu zvevhidhiyo zvekubatwa nekuurawa, uye kune avo vanopona vanotaura nyaya dzematambudziko avo pachavo.

Magirasi maimba machete, makiragi, nemapanga ayo aishandiswa kuchenesa zviuru mumairaira eirapi kwandakanga ndamira. Iko kune nhoroondo dzevanhu vane masimba avo vakaisa upenyu hwavo pangozi kuti vadzike vanga-vaitwe nharo kana kuti kuchengetedza vakadzi kubva kune chibharo chaicho chakange chiri chikamu chechizvarwa chekuurawa. Panewo ruzivo pamusoro pekuguma kwekuparadza, kubva pamashoko ekuuraya kune vamwe mukati memisasa yevapoteri kune tsanangudzo dzekutanga matanho ekuita kuti kuyananiswa.

Kune ini, kuona kunotyisa kwezvose kwaiva kuunganidza mifananidzo yairatidza vana vakaurayiwa vasina kufunga kwechipiri panguva yekupisa kweropa.

Chimwe nechimwe chinyorwa chaive pamwe chete nemashoko ekudyiwa kwevana, zvidhori, uye shamwari - kuita kuti chokwadi chekufa kwavo nechisimba chiwedzere kusuruvara. Mukuwedzera, ndakarohwa nekushayikwa kwebatsiro rakapiwa nyika yekutanga nyika, vazhinji vavo vakasarudza kusazvidza matambudziko anowanikwa muRwanda.

Memorial Gardens

Mushure mokutendeuka, mwoyo wangu unorwara uye pfungwa dzangu dzakazadzwa nemifananidzo yevana vakafa, ndakabuda kunze kune chiedza chezuva rakajeka reMasitadhi eCentral. Pano, masheji makuru anopa nzvimbo yekupedzisira yekuzorora kwevanhu vanopfuura 250 000 vakaurayiwa. Izvo zvinoratidzirwa nehombodo huru dzekrete yakavharwa nemaruva, uye mazita eavo vanozivikanwa kuti akarasikirwa nehupenyu hwavo anonyorwa kuti ave nehupamhi pane rusvingo rwakapoteredza. Pane bindu rose pano zvakare, uye ndakaona kuti rakapa nguva yakawanda yekuda kugara uye kuratidza.

Kuparadzanisa Pfungwa

Sezvandakanga ndakamira muminda, ndaigona kuona magwenga achishanda pamahofisi matsva ehofisi achikwira pakati peKigali . Chikoro vana vakanga vachiseka uye vachidarika mberi kweCentral masuwo pavanenge vachienda kumba kwekudya kwemasikati - uchapupu hwokuti pasinei nekutyisa kusingafungidziki kwekuparadzwa kwevanhu kwakaitika makore mashoma mashoma emakore akapfuura, Rwanda yakatanga kuporesa. Nhasi, hurumende inofungidzirwa kuti ndiyo imwe yakanyanya kugadzikana muAfrica, uye migwagwa iyo yakambomhanya yakatsvuka neropa ndeyedziye yakachengeteka munyika yose.

The Center inogona kuva chiyeuchidzo chepakadzika umo vanhu vanogona kuburuka uye nyore nyore kune dzimwe nyika dzingashandura maziso kune izvo zvisingada kuona. Zvisinei, iyo inomira sechibvumirano chekushinga kweavo vakapona kuti vaite Rwanda nyika yakanaka iyo nhasi. Kuburikidza nedzidzo uye tsitsi, inopa hupenyu huri nani uye tariro yokuti utsinye hwakaita seizvi hahuzobvumirwi kuitika zvakare.

Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa uye yakanyorwa zvakare muchikamu chaJessica Macdonald musi waDecember 12, 2016.