Rwandan Genocide Survivor to Speak at Chestnut Hill College

Emmanuel Habimana, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide, will present the lecture “Healing: Rwanda 20 Years Later” on Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in Gruber Theatre, located in Logue Library. The lecture is part of a 2014 speaking tour.

The lecture will focus on Rwanda’s achievements in healing after the genocide as the 20-year anniversary approaches, and include clips from Habimana’s documentary, “Komora: to Heal.”

Originally from Kigali, Rwanda, Emmanuel Habimana’s work as an activist began in Kigali where he worked to help orphans of the 1994 Tutsi Rwandan Genocide. A genocide orphan himself, he began his career as a filmmaker in 2010 by co-directing “Komora: to Heal,” a documentary about the orphan survivors on the Rwandan Genocide. He has traveled to the United States and is continuing production of “Komora,” while embarking on a nation-wide speaking tour while attending Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., after receiving the Romeo Dallaire Scholarship. Habimana plans to return to Rwanda to complete his law degree at Kigali Independent University.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Dr. Marie Conn at 215.248.7044 or email mconn@chc.edu.