Ukutyelela iKigodi yeSikhumbuzi saseKigali, kwiRwanda

Isikhumbuzo seKigodi yeSikhumbuzo seKigali kwiConferensi enye yeenduli ezininzi ezijikeleze isixeko-dolophu saseRwanda . Ukusuka ngaphandle, isakhiwo esicacileyo esineendonga ezihlambulukileyo ezimhlophe kunye negadidi ezintle-kodwa i-Centre ye-Aesthetic ekholisayo iyahluke kakhulu kwizinto eziphazamisayo ezifihliweyo ngaphakathi. Imibukiso yeziko lixelela ibali lika-1994 lohlanga lwamaRwanda, ngoxa kukho abantu ababalelwa kwisigidi abantu babulawa.

Kwiminyaka ukususela ekubulaweni komhlaba kuye kwaziwa njengenye yeenkohlakalo ezinkulu, ihlabathi liye labona.

Imbali Yenzondo

Ukuze uzuze ngokupheleleyo umyalezo weZiko, kubalulekile ukuqonda imvelaphi yokuqothulwa kohlanga luka-1994. Imbewu yobundlobongela ihlwayelwe xa iRwanda lonyulwe njengekholi yaseBelgium emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I. AbaBelgi bakhupha amakhadi azisiweyo kumaRwanda angamazwe, abahlula kwiintlanga ezihlukeneyo-kuquka nabaninzi bamaHutu kunye nabancinci bamaTutsi. AmaTutsi ayebhekwa njengabaphakamileyo kumaHutu kwaye anikwe unyango olukhethekileyo xa kufike emisebenzini, kwimfundo nakumalungelo oluntu.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuphathwa kakubi kwabangela ukucaphuka okukhulu phakathi kwabantu abangamaHutu, kwaye intukuthelo phakathi kwala macala amabini yaqanjwa. Ngama-1959, amaHutu avukela abamelwane babo abangamaTutsi, abulala abantu abangaba ngu-20 000 kwaye baxinzelela malunga nama-300,000 ngaphezulu ukuba abaleke emazweni anqamlekileyo njengeBurundi ne-Uganda.

Xa iRwanda ithola ukuzimela kwiBelgium ngo-1962, amaHutu athatha ulawulo lwelizwe.

Ukulwa phakathi kwamaHutu kunye namaTutsi aqhubeka, kunye nababaleki beqela eligqibela ekugqibeleni baqulunqa iRwanda Patriotic Front (RPF). Iindlobongela zanda kwada kwafika ngo-1993 xa kwakusayinwe isivumelwano sokuthula phakathi kwe-RPF kunye nomongameli we-Hutu uJuvenal Habyarimana.

Nangona kunjalo, ngomhla we-6 uEpreli 1994, uMongameli uHabyarimana wabulawa xa idiza lakhe lidutshulwa kwiNqwelo-moya yaseKigali. Nangona kusenakuqinisekiswa ukuba ngubani obenoxanduva lokuhlaselwa, ukubuyiswa kweTutsis kwakukhawuleza.

Ngaphantsi kweyure, amaqela angama-Hutu amaqela ase-Interahamwe kunye ne-Impuzamugambi ayemisele iingqungquthela zengxowa-mali kwaye aqala ukulahla amaTutsi kunye namaHutus aphakathi. Urhulumente uthatyathwe ngabaHutus abaqhelanisayo, abaxhasa ukuxhelwa kwinqanaba lokuba lisasazeka kwiRwanda njengomlilo womlilo. Ukubulawa kwaphela kuphela xa i-RPF iphumelele ekuthatheni ukulawula ukusa kweenyanga ezintathu-kodwa ngelo xesha, phakathi kwabangama-800,000 kunye nesigidi esisodwa abantu babulawe.

Amava oKhenketho

Emuva ngo-2010, ndanelungelo lokuhamba eRwanda kwaye ndandwendwela kwi-Kigali Memorial Memorial Memorial Centre. Ndazi kakuhle ngembali yembandezelo - kodwa akukho nto yangilungisa ngenxa yokuxhatshazwa kwimiva engayikuyenza. Uhambo lwaqala ngembali emfutshane ye-colonial yaseRwanda ngaphambili, usebenzisa iibhodi ezinkulu zokubonisa, iidrafti zemifanekiso yamandulo, kunye neerekhodi zokubhaliweyo ukubonisa uluntu onobunye waseRwanda apho amaHutu kunye namaTutsi ayephila ngokuvisisana.

Lo mboniso wanda ngakumbi ukhathazeka ngolwazi ngohlanga lwentlanga olwenziwe ngabakholoni baseBelgium, olulandelwa yimimiselo yeentetho ezize zenziwe nguRhulumente wamaHutu ukuba aphumelele abaTutsis abathunjiweyo.

Ngesigaba sokubekwa kobuhlanga, ndandisa kwiindawo zokulala zamagumbi azaliswe ngamathambo abantu, kuquka neengqayi ezincinci kunye neentombi zabantwana abafileyo. Kukho imifanekiso yevidiyo yokudlwengulwa nokuxhelwa, kunye nabasindileyo baxelela ibali leentlekele zabo.

Iimeko zeglasi zamagceke zendlu, iiklabhu, kunye neengqayi ezazisetyenziselwa ukuhlalisa amawaka e-radius apho ndahlala khona. Kukho ama-heroes ama-heroes abeka ubomi babo engozini ukufihla ukuba babe ngamaxhoba okanye basindise abafazi kwiidlwengulo ezithandwayo ezazingenxalenye yokubulawa. Kukho nolwazi malunga nemva ye-genocide, ukusuka kumabali okubulala kwabantu kwiinkampu zababaleki ukuya kwiinkcazo zokuqala zokuthintela ukuxolelana.

Kwam, amehlo abuhlungu kunabo bonke kwakuyiqoqo yezithombe ezibonisa abantwana ababulawa ngaphandle kwengcamango yesibini ngexesha lokushisa kwegazi.

Iifoto nganye yayihamba kunye namanqaku okutya okuthandwa ngumntwana, amathoyizi kunye nabahlobo-okwenyani ukunyanzeliswa kobundlobongela. Ukongeza, ndatshitshiswa ngenxa yokungabikho kwencedo olunikezwa ngamazwe okuqala ehlabathi, ininzi lalo likhethe ukunganyaniseki ukuphazamiseka okwenzeka eRwanda.

KwiiJonga zeSikhumbuzo

Emva kokutyelela, intliziyo yam isifo kwaye ingqondo yam izaliswe imifanekiso yabantwana abafileyo, ndaphuma ngaphaya kwelanga elikhanyayo kwiidiya zeZiko. Apha, amangcwaba amaninzi anika indawo yokuphumla yokugqibela kubantu abangaphezu kwama-250,000 amaxhoba. Ziyakhankanywa ngamatye amakhulu ekhonkrithi ehlanganiswe ngeentyantyambo, kwaye amagama abo awaziwayo ukuba alahlekelwe ubomi bawo abhaliweyo kubuncwane obusondeleyo. Kukhona ingadi yase-rose apha, kwaye ndafumanisa ukuba yanikela ixesha elifunekayo lokuhlala kwaye libonakalise nje.

Iingcamango zokuhlukanisa

Njengoko ndemi emadiyeni, ndabona iikrane zisebenza kwizakhiwo ezintsha zeofisi ezikhulayo phakathi kweKigali . Abantwana besikolo babehleka kwaye beqhekeka kwiiNdawo zesikhungo ekuhambeni kwabo kwidlo lesidlo sasemini-ubungqina bokuthi naphezu kobuhlungu obungenakucingeka bokubulawa kwabantu okwenzeka kwiminyaka emibini emfutshane edlulileyo, uRwanda sele iqalile ukuphilisa. Namhlanje, urhulumente uthathwa njengowona ozinzile kwi-Afrika, kwaye izitrato ezazifudumbile ngegazi ziphakathi kwezona zikhuselekileyo kwilizwekazi.

Iziko lingaba isikhumbuzo sezulu apho umntu angakwazi ukuhla kunye nokukhululeka apho lonke ihlabathi lingayiphepha into engayifuni ukuyibona. Nangona kunjalo, ikwafana nesibindi sokuba nesibindi salabo basinda kwiRwanda ilizwe elihle namhlanje. Ngemfundo novelwano, linikeza ikamva eliqaqambileyo nethemba lokuba inzondo enjengaleyo ayiyi kuvunyelwa ukuba yenzeke kwakhona.

Eli nqaku lihlaziywe kwaye libhalwa ngokubhaliweyo nguJessica Macdonald ngoDisemba 12, 2016.