Rwanda, The Bone Keepers
April 2004
In 1994, Rwanda experienced genocide unparalleled in modern history. In less than 100 days approximately 800,000 Tutsi men, women and children were brutally murdered by the Hutu tribe.
Throughout the country are numerous sites where the genocide was carried out. In these places the physical remains of over 400, 000 people are on display for the public to see.
At every genocide site it is surviving family members who have been given the unenviable task of guarding the remains. This series of portraits is of these family members.
Left: Dancilla Nyirabasungu, Nytarama Church.
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Emmanuel Maringira - Murambi Technical School.
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Celestin Mulengelanwali - Kibungo.
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Gerald Ndagijimana, 27 years old, Kibungo Church.
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Christine Nyarahabimanam, 24 years old, Kibungo Church.
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Basil Ziraseka, 20 years old, Bissessero.
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Pacific Rataganda, Nytarama Church.
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Mukama Tharusse, Nyamati Church.
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Rwema Epimagu, Nyamati Church.
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