Yolande Mukagasana
/Overview
Yolande Mukagasana born Butare, Rwanda September 6, 1954. Nurse survivor of genocide 1994; playwright, author; Golden Dove for Peace prize 2002; contributed to women’s leadership in post-genocide reconciliation and culture of peace.
Quotations
“Everything started with the colonial ideology, which spawned the ideology of genocide against the Tutsis.” (The Contribution of Women to Peace and Reconciliation, p. 161)
“I know that love has triumphed over hatred and that life has triumphed over death.” (ibid., p.257; photo famiflia.christiana.it)