105,000
Victims Buried
1994
Established
9AM-5PM
Visiting Hours
Contact
Phone
About This Memorial
The Nyanza memorial commemorates the deaths that followed the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from ETO on 11th April 1994, an event that left hundreds-to-thousands exposed and then massacred. The site is a place of remembrance, education and local commemoration, used each year during Kwibuka (national remembrance) and by schools, community groups and national bodies to teach about the genocide and to honor victims, and it contains mass graves, monuments with victims' names and a Garden of Memory; it is used for remembrance, survivor testimonies and education. The site is associated with the 1994 massacres; official commemoration infrastructure and memorialization date from the years after the genocide. The memorial and surrounding Garden of Memory have been included in post-1994 memorial projects and recent enhancements.
Victims & Burials
The memorial is the final resting place for the remains of about 105,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, more than 3,000 among them were killed specifically on this site after being abandoned by the UN mission for assistance in Rwanda at ETO Kicukiro. It holds the bodies of those who were killed on this hill, as well as others brought from different parts of Kicukiro District.
Total victims buried: 105,000
Killed on site: 3,000
History
Established: 1994
The site is associated with the 1994 massacres; official commemoration infrastructure and memorialization date from the years after the genocide. The memorial and surrounding Garden of Memory have been included in post-1994 memorial projects and recent enhancements.
Features
- Mass graves
- Monuments with victims' names
- Garden of Memory
Usage
- Annual Kwibuka (national remembrance)
- Educational visits by schools
- Community group commemorations
- Survivor testimonies
Significance
Memorial site with mass graves and Garden of Memory
Plan Your Visit
Quick Information
Full Location
Kagarama, Kicukiro, Southeast of Kigali city centre
UNESCO Status
No
Landmarks
Near the former Ecole Technique Officielle (today the IPRC/ETO campus), On the route toward Kigali International Airport
Booking Required
Yes
Significance
Memorial site with mass graves and Garden of Memory