Wounded Attachments and Public Secrets: the Rwandan Genocide on Stage - A talk by Laura Edmondson April 8, 2011

The representation of the 1994 Rwandan genocide is an act fraught with tension given the charged politics of the Great Lakes region in East Africa. This paper focuses on the work of Hope Azeda, a leading figure in the Rwandan theatre scene, and how she negotiates Rwandan and Western understandings of the genocide in light of her transnational background as a Rwandan Tutsi who grew up in neighboring Uganda.

Laura Edmondson is an Associate Professor of theatre studies at Dartmouth College. Her publications on East African theatre and performance include Performance and Politics in Tanzania: The Nation on Stage (Indiana UP, 2007). She is currently working on a book on transnational narratives of violence in Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC.

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