Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre

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Ntarama Genocide Memorial
Ntarama Genocide Memorial
Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre is located in Rwanda
Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre
Location within Rwanda
Established1 June 2004 (2004-06-01)
LocationNtarama
TypeGenocide museum

Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre is one of six genocide museums in Rwanda. 5,000 people were killed here in a Catholic church.

Location

Ntarama is located in Kigali District. It is an hours drive south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country.[1]

Zaza and Sake are just to the south and Kibungo and Nyamata. Nemba Airport is close.[2]

Overview

Shelves of skulls

Ntarama's former Catholic church is now a memorial site. 5,000 people were massacred there on 15 August 1994 during the Rwanda Genocide.[1]

This memorial centre is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwanda Genocide. The others are the Kigali Memorial Centre, the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre and others at Nyamata, Bisesero and Nyarubuye.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Remembering Rwanda's genocide, Catherine Wambua, 1 July 2012, Al Jazeera, Retrieved 2 March 2016
  2. ^ Ntarama, LatLongWiki, Retrieved 2 March 2016
  3. ^ Sites mémoriaux du génocide : Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero et Gisozi, UNESCO, Retrieved 2 March 2015

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