Name: War and what comes after
Uploaded: 2018-04-24T14:55:14Z
Duration: 12 min 33 s
Description: Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when the Rwandan Civil War forced her and her sister to flee their home in Kigali, leaving their parents and everything they knew behind. In this deeply personal talk, she tells the story of how she became a refugee, living in camps in seven countries over the next six years -- and how she's tried to make sense of what came after.

Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when the Rwandan Civil War forced her and her sister to flee their home in Kigali, leaving their parents and everything they knew behind. In this deeply personal talk, she tells the story of how she became a refugee, living in camps in seven countries over the next six years -- and how she's tried to make sense of what came after.

War and what comes after

Surviving the Rwandan genocide as a child refugee, one voice explores how words both fail and shape our understanding of loss and belonging. Forced to flee at six, she crossed seven countries, living in camps and longing for home. The trauma of violence and displacement persisted, distorting memories and silencing families. Yet, she argues, the way we use words and labels today still carries the seeds of exclusion and pain—or the possibility of connection.