Smiling again after fifteen years of torture

Authors

  • Charline Musaniwabo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v24i2.111618

Keywords:

torture, Rwanda, genocide

Abstract

I am Charline Musaniwabo. I was born in 1976. My parents were farmers. I lived with them up to April 1994.

My life completely changed during the genocide, having been married forcibly and losing many of my family members. I was born into a family of nine children, four boys and five girls. Five siblings and both my parents died during the genocide. Four of us escaped. I did not get a chance to marry a man I loved, because I was taken by force in 1994 by a neighbour who raped and married me. I live with the three children I conceived with this man.

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Published

2018-12-19

How to Cite

Musaniwabo, C. (2018). Smiling again after fifteen years of torture. Torture Journal, 24(2), 4. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v24i2.111618

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2014): Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture - Supplementum

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Articles

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