Burundi Confessions of Genocide: Towards a Culture of Truth

Open to the Public

Date: Tue, Nov 16, 1999 Time: 01:00pm - 03:00pm

About

Bryan Rich and Alexis Sinduhije will discuss their interviews with perpetrators of the genocide in Burundi and will show footage of Mr. Rich's upcoming documentary film. Bryan Rich is a former Neiman Fellow, and founding director of "Studio Ijambo," Burundi's first independent radio studio. "Studio Ijambo" was started in 1995, at a time when hate radio was promoting fear and mistrust, and had fueled the massacre of hundreds of thousands in neighboring Rwanda. Mr. Sinduhije, a former Shorenstein Center Fellow, is a journalist based in Burundi.