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Interview With Nyaruhogaze Nyamuco, Nyaruhogaze Nyamuco, Ezra Schrader

Interviews

Transcript of interview and audio recording conducted with Nyaruhogaze Nyamuco. Per the "Methodology" section, the transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

This interview was recorded in Des Moines, Iowa and manually transcribed.

Fraternity, Martyrdom And Peace In Burundi: The Forty Servants Of God Of Buta, Jodi Mikalachki

Journal of Global Catholicism

During Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, students at Buta Minor Seminary were ordered at gunpoint to separate by ethnicity—Hutus over here, Tutsis over there! They chose instead to join hands and affirm their common identity as children of God. The forty students killed were quickly proclaimed martyrs of fraternity. Their costly solidarity defused the cry for reprisals and continues to inspire Burundians and others on the path of reconciliation. Drawing on fifty interviews with survivors, parents of martyrs, neighbors, religious leaders and other Burundian intellectuals, this essay examines how Burundian Catholics understand the significance of the Buta martyrdom to their …