Marie-Louise Sibazuri

Marie-Louise Sibazuri (born 2 January 1960) is a Burundian women's rights activist and teacher who has devoted her time to writing since 1993. In addition to becoming a prolific playwright, she is widely known as the author of the popular radio series Umumbanyi Niwe Muryango (Our Neighbours Are Our Family), a soap opera which sets out to improve relations between Tutsis and Hutus following the conflicts of the mid-1990s. After spending several years in Belgium where she was active in the theatre, she has now moved to Australia with her second husband, Hilaire Bucumi. She is currently writing collections of Burundian folk tales. Quotes It is fundamental to write to leave traces, so that certain realities and riches are not lost over time. I fight so that people write. It is a way of transmitting the essence of what we are. One of the families is Hutu, the other Tutsi, but you don't know which is which. I wanted to demystify the ethnic background. The writer is the voice of the people, as they have no voice themselves. External Link Category:1960 births Category:Living people