Every summer, Ohio State students spend three weeks in Kigali studying how a nation rebuilds after genocide. The seventh cohort travels this May…
Professor Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira’s Genocide and Its Aftermath in Rwanda program offers students a transformative three-week learning experience in Rwanda each summer. Based in Kigali, the program combines academic study with direct engagement, giving students a deeper understanding of genocide, its long-term impacts, and the efforts to overcome its trauma. The department supports participants through scholarships, with additional funding made possible by generous donor contributions. The seventh cohort is scheduled to travel this summer, from May 27 to June 14, 2026.
Over the program, students are based in Kigali but travel around the country. They spend time at the national university in an exchange with local students and visit genocide memorials, museums, government offices, survivor organizations, and women’s cooperatives – hearing testimony from people who were rescued during the genocide, those who survived it, and those who participated in the violence.
