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Rosalie Gicanda

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Umwamikazi Gicanda n'Umwamikazi Mama Nyiramavugo Kanzaki

Rosalie Gicanda (1928 - 20 Mata 1994) yari umwamikazi w’u Rwanda, akaba umugore wa Mwami Mutara III Rudahigwa. yamaze indi myaka ibiri gusa, ku ngoma ya Mwami Kigeli V Ndahindurwa kugeza irangiye mu 1961.

Ku ya 20 Mata 1994, ubwo ijenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu mwaka w'1994 mu Rwanda yatangiraga ku mugaragaro i Butare, itsinda ry’abasirikare bayobowe na Liyetona Pierre Bizimana, ryayobowe na Kapiteni Idelphonse Nizeyimana, ryashimuse uwahoze ari umwami hamwe n’abandi bari batuye aho yari atuye.[1] Bahise bimura abari bajyanywe bunyago inyuma yinzu ndangamurage yigihugu barabarasa. Umwe mu barokotse ni umukobwa muto, waje kuvuga inkuru y'ubwo bwicanyi. Nyuma y'iminsi ibiri, nyina w'umwamikazi na we aricwa. Abisabwe n'umupadiri, Umuyobozi wa Butare, Kanyabashi, yakuye umurambo w'umwamikazi Gicanda maze ahambwa mu gikari iruhande rw'urugo rwe.[2]


  1. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-tragic-and-little-known-story-of-the-striking-last-queen-of-rwanda-rosalie-gicanda
  2. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2020-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)