Twenty years after the end of the Genocide against the Tutsi, July fourth makes me reflect on what the events we remember today have brought to me as a Rwandan, as an African, as a woman, a mother, and a daughter.
First and foremost, I have come to understand that, to truly honour the sacrifices the Rwanda Patriotic Army-Inkotanyi who laid down their lives so that Rwandans might live in a country free of discrimination, free of the fear of violence based on one's background, and free to pursue lives they value we must work to own our liberation.
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