The tiny African nation of Rwanda is probably best known for the genocide that raged a quarter of a century ago, its mountain gorillas and even the quality of its coffee.
It was through coffee that I met Marie Louise Towari, who lived through the mass slaughter of Tutsi during the Rwandan Civil War that flared in 1990.
Towari, who is 53 and Rwandan by birth, heads a nonprofit group called “Think About Education in Rwanda,” based in this prefectural capital.
After serving a steaming, fragrant cup of coffee, she talked about the genocide, how she escaped and ended up living in Japan, and what she is trying to accomplish in this country.
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