Yolande Mukagasana

Yolande Mukagasana (born 6 September 1954), is a Rwandan writer, writing in French and survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Mukagasana was a nurse and anaesthetist. She ran her own medical clinic in Nyamirambo, Kigali, and was also a mother of three children.During the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Mukagasana was targeted because she was Tutsi. She was separated from her family and survived while her husband and three children were killed. She later fled to Belgium. After the genocide, Mukagasana began documenting what she had experienced. Her first major book was La mort ne veut pas de moi (1997), later translated into English as Not My Time to Die.Her official author biography describes it as the first survivor testimony to be published about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The English translation was published in 2019. She subsequently published several other works, including: N'aie pas peur de savoir (1999) Les blessures du silence (2001) De Bouche à Oreille (2003–2004) L'ONU et le chagrin d'une négresse (2014) Umurage w'Urubyiruko (2026) Quotes The ideology and denial of the genocide perpetrated against Tutsi are still topical, especially in journalistic and academic sectors influenced by genocide perpetrators and their friends. Mukagasana said (ktpress.rw, January 12, 2021) There will be no humanity without forgiveness, there will be no forgiveness without justice, and there will be no justice without humanity. Yolande Mukagasana, the author of seven books translated into different languages (ktpress.rw, January 12, 2021) As keepers of memory, we cannot accept the distortion of Rwanda’s history which include the genocide. Yolande Mukagasana Launches Foundation To Fight Genocide Denial, Revisionism. ktpress.rw (January 12, 2021) We must know that our differences do not make us enemies, but enriches us. Yolande Mukagasana Launches Foundation To Fight Genocide Denial, Revisionism. ktpress.rw (January 12, 2021) The genocide perpetrated against Tutsi is the history of Rwandans, it is the history of humanity. Yolande Mukagasana Launches Foundation To Fight Genocide Denial, Revisionism. ktpress.rw (January 12, 2021) To fight against the ideology and denial of genocide is to fight against hate. Yolande Mukagasana Launches Foundation To Fight Genocide Denial, Revisionism. ktpress.rw (January 12, 2021) The genocide can not be interpreted as a humanitarian drama. This would mean refusing to analyse the way a genocide can be carried out. A Dialogue with Yolande Mukagasana. flickr.com (April 6, 2011) Generalisations only favour the killers. A Dialogue with Yolande Mukagasana. flickr.com (April 6, 2011) In Rwanda there isn’t a day without sunshine, maybe that is why we learn to show smile even when we want to scream in pain. Yolande Mukagasana (1954) a survivor and witness from Rwanda. en.gariwo.net (September 19, 2026) I am very grateful to the young people who have chosen to write, because if we don’t write our stories, they could be lost. I wrote to you years ago and I am still writing to you. I want you to write for your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren Yolande Mukagasana calls on writers to preserve their stories for the next generation newtimes.co.rw (September 19, 2026) Everyone who speaks can write. Even those who do not speak can find a way to write. For those whose stories have not yet been told, remember that everyone has something to share, and what you have to say matters. Yolande Mukagasana calls on writers to preserve their stories for the next generation newtimes.co.rw (September 19, 2026) When writing, let your words come from the heart. Yolande Mukagasana calls on writers to preserve their stories for the next generation newtimes.co.rw (September 19, 2026) If we accept the silence that is given to us, we will never move the world ahead. Yolande Mukagasana calls on writers to preserve their stories for the next generation newtimes.co.rw (September 19, 2026) Nothing is more destructive than never being satisfied with who you are and what you have. Yolande MUKAGASANA’s remarks Gahunde.org (September 20, 2026) Our youth are capable. Normally, when a person is discouraged from his tender age, they grow up thinking that they truly can’t. It’s the same technique the colonialisers used in Africa. They told us that we are fools, we can’t do anything and sadly we accepted it. Meet Mukagasana, an author inspired by her Genocide scars newtimes.co.rw (September 20, 2026) Undervaluing someone’s book is like trampling the brain of a wise person. Meet Mukagasana, an author inspired by her Genocide scars newtimes.co.rw (September 20, 2026) External links Category:Women authors from Rwanda Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Women born in the 1950s