Honouring memories through art: Young Rwandan illustrators keep the memory of genocide victims alive
Rwanda n Genocide survivor Nyirahabimana Aliette , 41, holds photographs of her family members that were killed in the 1994 Rwanda Genocide , for them to be drawn in Kigali on 2 April 2024.
Their work has not only helped preserve the memories of some of the 800 000 victims of the vicious bloodletting but also given the artists themselves a new insight into their country's deeply painful past. Their work has not only helped preserve the memories of some of the 800 000 victims of the vicious bloodletting but also given the artists themselves a new insight into their country's deeply painful past.The project - to create new portraits of the dead and missing copied from old and often damaged photographs - was the inspiration of Kigali artist King Ngabo.
A member of Art for Memories team draws portraits of victims of the Rwandan genocide in Kigali on 2 April 2024. Members of the team work together on a long wooden paint-smeared table in his Kigali gallery, the walls adorned with an eclectic mix of artworks."We invite people to send pictures of their beloved ones, on emails, on social media, on WhatsApp," says Ngabo, his charcoal-coloured overalls spattered with paint.
The murderous rampage saw families and friends turn against each other, the killings fuelled by vicious anti-Tutsi propaganda broadcast on TV and radio.
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