Muctar Inkindi, 22, is a poet who has written a number of pieces explaining the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. He believes he has read and heard a number of stories about the terror that he now wants to use poetry to explain to the young generation about what happened. Losing his uncle, grandfather, and other relatives during the genocide has been so tough on him that he still finds it hard to live with the pain. He has hence decided to express emotions through poetry, and one of his works is titled, ‘The bloody April, Ndibuka, The 3 months.’ With it, Inkindi was addressing the barbaric acts of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and the journey of unity, reconciliation and peace rebuilding. He started writing articles about the genocide and poems in 2018, and has since grown in his career with the help of other poets. The poet says that the message behind his poems describes how sorrowful the genocide was, but it also portrays how life after the dark days is. “As I write, I want to bring hope, and healing. While writing these stories, I see darkness but at the same time, I see light at the end of the tunnel.” Most of his articles can be accessed on Instagram and Facebook in the names of Inkindi_muqtar and youth voices magazine.
