In 2017 I was invited to accompany filmmaker Thabo Wolfaardt in documenting a program within the Rwandan national genocide reconciliation. The project involves reconnecting imprisoned genocide perpetrators, who are finally ready to take responsibility for their actions, with survivors of their crimes who have decided to offer them forgiveness. The following images feature participants in Project Ubumwe and those of Tutsi and Hutu tribes who live together in reconciliation villages.
Wilbert and his new family. After
Wilbert, told us of the loss of his wife and three daughters during the genocide.
In just over three short months nearly an entire generation of Tutsi men were killed. Beyond the immediate trauma and tragedy of the brutal crime itself, those left behind were now faced with rebuilding homes,
