Close to the genocidaires

This research project takes as its starting point the forthcoming release in Rwanda of over 20,000 genocidal prisoners. After one, two or three decades in detention, what kind of neighbors can these prisoners become for those who will have to welcome them? The neighborhood angle chosen will enable us to approach reconciliation from the everyday practice of Rwandans, and to determine whether it coincides with, subverts or exceeds the expectations formulated by the government in power since the end of the genocide.

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Violaine Baraduc

Violaine Baraduc is a researcher affiliated with the Institut des mondes africains (EHESS). Her social anthropology thesis focused on women's participation in the genocide committed against the Tutsis of Rwanda, and on the development of a memory of genocide in prison. Graduating in 2011 from the Paris 7 University Professional Master's program in documentary film, she uses cinema to support her work. A film based on her doctoral research was released in 2014: "À mots couverts" features eight female genocidaires incarcerated in Kigali's central prison.