Genocide Archive of Rwanda Collection

The Genocide Archive of Rwanda is an interactive online digital archive and contains materials that document the development, lived experiences, and aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In addition to the online site, a local version of the Genocide Archive Rwanda is accessible at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. Copies of the materials on the site are also available at the Human Rights Documentation Initiative at the University of Texas Libraries in Austin, Texas. The collections in Kigali and in Austin contain materials not available on the site: uncatalogued materials, restricted materials, and higher resolution archival copies of photos and videos.

The collection itself is divided into five main format-based series:

Videosare organized into the seven following sub-series: Survivor Testimonies, Rescuer Testimonies, Perpetrator Testimonies, Elders Testimonies, Gacaca Court Proceedings, Remembrance Events, and Conferences. Videos were created by the Kigali Genocide Memorial; some include subtitles, Kinyarwanda transcripts or English or French translations of transcripts. A map with locations linked to places mentioned in testimonies is also available. Additionally, many videos are not yet cataloged and available online, and a small number of videos are restricted and can only be viewed at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre.

Audiois comprised of transcripts of recordings from Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), a Rwandan radio station which broadcast hate propaganda against Tutsis, moderate Hutus, Belgians, and the United Nations Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) from July 8, 1993 to July 31, 1994. The UT Libraries Human Rights Documentation Initiative harvested the transcripts from the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Judicial Database.

Photographsare arranged into 15 sub-series: Alleged Perpetrator Photographs, Burial Photographs, Commemoration Photographs, Conference Photographs, Exhumation Photographs, Human Remains Photographs, Identity Documents, Memorial Site Photographs, Memorial Site Visit Photographs, Perpetrator Photographs, Political Figure Photographs, Roadblock Photographs, Survivor Photographs, Victim Identity Photographs, and Victim Photographs. Photographs may also be viewed by their source repository or, in some cases, by thematic groupings based on original physical order. Photographs include both scanned film photos and born-digital photographs.

Publicationsare organized into three sub-series: serial publications (including magazines and newspapers), books, and reports. Publications are comprised of works published prior to and during the Rwandan Genocide and include anti-Tutsi and pro-National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND) publications, opposition publications, pro-Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) publications, and foreign publications. Publications can also be viewed by their source repository.

Archival Documentsare organized by title and are comprised of non-published documents--including correspondence, speeches, and administrative documents--related to the Rwandan Genocide and Rwandan history. Archival documents can also be viewed by their source repository.