List of Rwandan genocide memorials

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This is a non-exhaustive list of memorial sites of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It does not include individual graves or private tributes.

List of the monuments

SiteTypeCountryProvinceDistrictImagesAreaEstablishment DateSpeciality
Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre Memorial Rwanda Western Karongi
Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre [1] MemorialRwanda Southern Nyamagabe Distr Never Forgotten Never Again Modell Acrylvitrine 1 zu 4.jpg

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95 ha (230 acres) Opération Turquoise [2]
Nyanza [3] GardenRwanda Kigali [3] Kicukiro
Belgian peacekeepers memorial site [4] MemorialRwandaKigali [4] Nyarugenge Distr Belgian Peacekeepers Memorial monument 13.jpg

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1,400 m2 (0.35 acres)
Bigogwe [5] MemorialRwanda Northern Nyabihu Distr BigogweGenocideMemorial10.jpg

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0.7 ha (1.7 acres)
Cyanika [6] MemorialRwandaSouthern Nyamagabe
Gahanga [7] MemorialRwandaKigali [7] Kicukiro
Gashirabwoba [8] MemorialRwandaWesternNyamasheke Distr
Kaduha [9] MemorialRwandaSouthern Nyamagabe
Kibeho [10] MemorialRwandaSouthern [11] Nyaruguru
Kibuye (Gatwaro) [12] MemorialRwandaWesternKarongi
Kigali Genocide Memorial [1] MemorialRwandaKigaliGasabo
Mugonero [13] MemorialRwandaWesternNyamasheke
Musanze [14] MemorialRwandaNorthern Musanze Musanze Genocide Memorial 1.jpg

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Mvuzo [15] MemorialRwandaNorthernRulindo
Ngororero [16] MemorialRwandaWesternNgororero
Ntarama [17] MemorialRwandaEastBugesera
Nyamasheke [18] MemorialRwandaWesternNyamasheke
Nyamata [1] MemorialRwandaEasternBugesera
Nyarubuye [19] MemorialRwandaEasternKirehe
Nyundo [20] MemorialRwandaWesternRubavu
Rebero [21] MemorialRwandaKigali [21] Kicukiro
Ruhanga [22] MemorialRwandaKigaliKicukiro
Rusiga [23] MemorialRwandaNorthernRulindo
Stele in Paris [24] Stele France [24] île de France [24] Paris
Muyumbu Genocide memorial site [25] MemorialRwandaEastern Rwamagana
Jabana Genocide memorial site MemorialRwandaKigali Gasabo Jabana genocide memorial - 9.jpg

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0.2 ha (0.49 acres)

UNESCO World Heritage Site [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sites mémoriaux du génocide : Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi et Bisesero". UNESCO . Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  2. ↑ Korman, Rémi (2015-10-01). "Rwanda : Épisode 5 - Rivières et marais rwandais : lieux de mémoire du génocide ?". Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire. Revue pluridisciplinaire de la Fondation Auschwitz (in French) (121): 182–185. doi:10.4000/temoigner.3597. ISSN   2031-4183 . Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  3. 1 2 Glory Iribagiza (2022-09-13). "French artist explains origin of Nyanza-based Jardin de la Mémoire". The New Times . Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  4. 1 2 "30 ans du génocide : le camp Kigali, où ont été assassinés les paras belges, vendu au Rwanda". Le Soir (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  5. ↑ Nsanzimana, Germain (2025-05-09). "Expansion of Bigogwe Genocide Memorial completed". The New Times . Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  6. ↑ "First Lady opens Cyanika Genocide memorial". The New Times . 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  7. 1 2 genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw. "Gahanga Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  8. ↑ "Rwanda: Nyamasheke - 15,629 Bodies of Genocide Victims Accorded Decent Burial" . Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Inauguration du Mémorial du génocide à Kaduha". The New Humanitarian (in French). 2001-07-24. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  10. ↑ Chrétien, Jean-Pierre; Rafiki, Ubaldo (2004). "L'église de Kibeho au Rwanda, lieu de culte ou lieu de mémoire du génocide de 1994 ?". Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah (in French). pp. 277–290. doi:10.3917/rhsho1.181.0272. ISSN   1281-1505 . Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  11. ↑ genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw. "Kibeho Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  12. ↑ "Rwanda: dans l'abîme du génocide, l'extraordinaire survie à l'innommable d'Albertine". L'Express (in French). 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  13. ↑ Osborn, Ronald (2010-10-16). "No Sanctuary in Mugonero: Notes on Rwanda, Revival, and Reform". Spectrum Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  14. ↑ Agency, Rwanda Broadcasting. "Musanze inaugure un mémorial du génocide perpétré contre les tutsi". RBA news. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  15. ↑ "Shyorongi Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  16. ↑ Reporter, Times (2009-04-18). "Ngororero memorial site to be modernised". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  17. ↑ "Ntarama Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  18. ↑ Nkurunziza, Michel (2019-05-28). "Nyamasheke: 15,629 Genocide victims accorded decent burial". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  19. ↑ Rwembeho, Stephen (2013-04-12). "Nyarubuye Genocide Memorial site gets face-lift". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  20. ↑ "Nyundo – Ibuka Mémoire & Justice" (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  21. 1 2 "Rebero Genocide Memorial: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future". Nircle. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  22. ↑ "Rusororo Genocide survivors demand a memorial wall bearing names of killed relatives". IGIHE. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  23. ↑ "When Rusiga church was turned into a bloodbath". The New Times . 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  24. 1 2 3 "Génocide des Tutsi: enfin un monument à Paris". Le HuffPost (in French). 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  25. ↑ "Muyumbu, home to Rwanda's first Genocide memorial". The New Times . 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
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