For interviews on 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
As we remember the Rwandan genocide 20 years later, we SPOTLIGHT
Consolee Nishimwe, an author and motivational speaker, and a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. (
Find more experts on Rwanda here.) Today, Consolee is a committed speaker about genocide and sexual violence and is an advocate for survivors like herself who suffered physical and emotional torture. She is a staunch defender of women’s rights. In 2012, Consolee released her memoir
Tested to the Limit: A Genocide Survivor’s Story of Pain, Resilience and Hope. She has been featured in
The Atlantic, FOX 5 TV New York, The Huffington Post,
POZ Magazine, and numerous radio programmes. She has appeared as a panelist and speaker at the United Nations and at a number of educational institutions of higher learning including Yale, NYU, Columbia, Lehigh, Marquette, Brandeis and Georgetown Universities.