1994 Rwandan genocide testimony by Malachie Uwimana

Malachie Uwimana, a boy from Kanyinya Cellule, Rwoga Sector, Commune Masango in Gitarama Prefecture, attributes the origin of Rwanda genocide to the colonial policy dividing Rwandans into Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa. He describes the bourgumestre of Masango and Rwoga's Conseille to be one of the first to order a militia group to start killing Tutsi's in Commune Masango. He goes on to explain that on April 4, 1994 militia groups began burning and destroying Tutsi homes in Rwoga Sector. Malachie tells in depth of his flight to Murama commune and relates how militia groups killed the people he was escaping with, including his mother. Militia groups also frequented his home looking for his father because Malachie's brother had joined Inkotanyi. In conclusion, he provides a list of his relatives that were killed during the 1994 genocide and the names of the perpetrators.