Excavating Rwanda's genocide dead by Ty Faruki

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Excavating Rwanda's genocide dead

Copyright Ty Faruki 2024

Updated Oct 2020

Topics Central africa, Documentary, Excavation, Genocide, Human Rights, Photography, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Trauma

Rwanda: This long-term personal project investigates post-conflict societal issues and inherited socio-psychological problems. These photographs show the process of excavating Tutsi remains by a community effort from the Rwandan genocide nearly 25 years on. Only a corrugated metal fence separates the excavation site and locals.

Excavators are largely made up of volunteers and people of Hutu and Tutsi ancestry. The terms Hutu and Tutsi were introduced by colonial powers to divide Rwanda. These terms are are now illegal to use.

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