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About Mathilde Mukantabana
Mathilde Mukantabana (born 1958) is a Rwandan politician and diplomat born in Butare, currently working as the Rwanda's ambassador to the United States and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. She is the President and co-founder of the non-profit Friends of Rwanda Association (F.O.R.A.).
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βThe commemoration is a healing experience.β
βRwandans became agents of their own destinies.β
βYou have to own up first, you have to own your own failures.β
βYou canβt embrace if you believe somebody is more superior than you are.β
βWe must remember not to dwell on the past, but to strive for a better future.β
βThe notion of forgiveness is at the core of our being and has become our duty.β
βFor me this land is not about what it produced, but about the people, where I was born and raised.β
βGiving a forum to promote genocide ideology is laying a breeding ground for preparation of future genocide.β
βIt is the stateβs responsibility to protect the freedom and human rights of all people within its borders.β
βBut you can move forward and you can actually find strength by acknowledging even your frailties as human being.β
βIt was my protection. If I allowed myself to feel anything emotionally, I was not going to be able to do anything.β
βSometimes we look at Rwanda with genocide, Most of the time we donβt look at the incredible culture, the people.β
βThey were the backbone of reconstruction of our country but at the same time also there was a political will to empower women.β
βWe didn't want our new generation and future generations to ever to go through what we have been through. We want to be Rwandans.β
βPart of our job is teaching. We travel all over the country to major institutions and help organize conferences to teach people about Rwanda.β
βThat change is key, because full development cannot happen if half the people of Africa are not fully recognized as equal partners in society.β
About Mathilde Mukantabana
Mathilde Mukantabana (born 1958) is a Rwandan politician and diplomat born in Butare, currently working as the Rwanda's ambassador to the United States and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. She is the President and co-founder of the non-profit Friends of Rwanda Association (F.O.R.A.).