List of Rwandan genocide memorials

This is a non-exhaustive list of memorial sites of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It does not include individual graves or private tributes.

List of the monuments

Site Type Country Province District Images Area Establishment Date Speciality
Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre Memorial Rwanda Western Karongi
Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre[1] Memorial Rwanda Southern Nyamagabe Distr

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95 ha (230 acres) Opération Turquoise[2]
Nyanza[3] Garden Rwanda Kigali[3] Kicukiro
Belgian peacekeepers memorial site[4] Memorial Rwanda Kigali[4] Nyarugenge Distr

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1,400 m2 (0.35 acres)
Bigogwe[5] Memorial Rwanda Northern Nyabihu Distr

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0.7 ha (1.7 acres)
Cyanika[6] Memorial Rwanda Southern Nyamagabe
Gahanga[7] Memorial Rwanda Kigali[7] Kicukiro
Gashirabwoba[8] Memorial Rwanda Western Nyamasheke Distr
Kaduha[9] Memorial Rwanda Southern Nyamagabe
Kibeho[10] Memorial Rwanda Southern[11] Nyaruguru
Kibuye (Gatwaro)[12] Memorial Rwanda Western Karongi
Kigali Genocide Memorial[1] Memorial Rwanda Kigali Gasabo
Mugonero[13] Memorial Rwanda Western Nyamasheke
Musanze[14] Memorial Rwanda Northern Musanze

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Mvuzo[15] Memorial Rwanda Northern Rulindo
Ngororero[16] Memorial Rwanda Western Ngororero
Ntarama[17] Memorial Rwanda East Bugesera
Nyamasheke[18] Memorial Rwanda Western Nyamasheke
Nyamata[1] Memorial Rwanda Eastern Bugesera
Nyarubuye[19] Memorial Rwanda Eastern Kirehe
Nyundo[20] Memorial Rwanda Western Rubavu
Rebero[21] Memorial Rwanda Kigali[21] Kicukiro
Ruhanga[22] Memorial Rwanda Kigali Kicukiro
Rusiga[23] Memorial Rwanda Northern Rulindo
Stele in Paris [24] Stele France[24] île de France[24] Paris
Muyumbu Genocide memorial site[25] Memorial Rwanda Eastern Rwamagana
Jabana Genocide memorial site Memorial Rwanda Kigali Gasabo

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0.2 ha (0.49 acres)

UNESCO World Heritage Site[1]

References

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  2. ^ Korman, Rémi (2015-10-01). "Rwanda : Épisode 5 - Rivières et marais rwandais : lieux de mémoire du génocide ?". Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire. Revue pluridisciplinaire de la Fondation Auschwitz (in French) (121): 182–185. doi:10.4000/temoigner.3597. ISSN 2031-4183. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  3. ^ a b Glory Iribagiza (2022-09-13). "French artist explains origin of Nyanza-based Jardin de la Mémoire". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  4. ^ a b "30 ans du génocide : le camp Kigali, où ont été assassinés les paras belges, vendu au Rwanda". Le Soir (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  5. ^ Nsanzimana, Germain (2025-05-09). "Expansion of Bigogwe Genocide Memorial completed". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  6. ^ "First Lady opens Cyanika Genocide memorial". The New Times. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  7. ^ a b genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw. "Gahanga Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  8. ^ "Rwanda: Nyamasheke - 15,629 Bodies of Genocide Victims Accorded Decent Burial". Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Inauguration du Mémorial du génocide à Kaduha". The New Humanitarian (in French). 2001-07-24. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  10. ^ Chrétien, Jean-Pierre; Rafiki, Ubaldo (2004). "L'église de Kibeho au Rwanda, lieu de culte ou lieu de mémoire du génocide de 1994 ?". Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah (in French). pp. 277–290. doi:10.3917/rhsho1.181.0272. ISSN 1281-1505. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  11. ^ genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw. "Kibeho Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  12. ^ "Rwanda: dans l'abîme du génocide, l'extraordinaire survie à l'innommable d'Albertine". L'Express (in French). 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  13. ^ Osborn, Ronald (2010-10-16). "No Sanctuary in Mugonero: Notes on Rwanda, Revival, and Reform". Spectrum Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  14. ^ Agency, Rwanda Broadcasting. "Musanze inaugure un mémorial du génocide perpétré contre les tutsi". RBA news. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  15. ^ "Shyorongi Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  16. ^ Reporter, Times (2009-04-18). "Ngororero memorial site to be modernised". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  17. ^ "Ntarama Memorial". Genocide Archive of Rwanda. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  18. ^ Nkurunziza, Michel (2019-05-28). "Nyamasheke: 15,629 Genocide victims accorded decent burial". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  19. ^ Rwembeho, Stephen (2013-04-12). "Nyarubuye Genocide Memorial site gets face-lift". The New Times. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  20. ^ "Nyundo – Ibuka Mémoire & Justice" (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  21. ^ a b "Rebero Genocide Memorial: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future". Nircle. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  22. ^ "Rusororo Genocide survivors demand a memorial wall bearing names of killed relatives". IGIHE. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  23. ^ "When Rusiga church was turned into a bloodbath". The New Times. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  24. ^ a b c "Génocide des Tutsi: enfin un monument à Paris". Le HuffPost (in French). 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  25. ^ "Muyumbu, home to Rwanda's first Genocide memorial". The New Times. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
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