Felin Gakwaya
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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He's 75 years old and lives in Bugesera in the eastern province of Rwanda.
A bald-haired man in blue suit without a tie, Danio is very calm.
And when the men who had killed the members of his family were released, he went to find them himself.
When I heard the news, I did not believe it.
I was like, then?
Released?
How come?
Okay, let me go and see.
There was a friend of mine I wanted to see there.
A friend who helped us during those difficult times.
So when I arrived, I asked him about them, and he took me where they are gathered at a pub and joined me.
To understand why Daniel says he forgave, you first have to understand what he lost.
During the genocide, his wife was killed, as well as four of his eight children.
He came back from the genocide.
During the 1994 genocide, things were very difficult and we were evacuated to Burundi.
My children and the mother hid in the house.
Others ran from gunfire.
When people saw them, they said, look, those are Kasangwa's children.
They hit them with hoes.
And my wife was killed instantly.