# Consolee Nishimwe

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'''Consolee Nishimwe''' (born 11 September 1979) is a Rwandan author, a motivational speaker, and a survivor of the [1994 Rwandan genocide](/source/Rwandan_genocide).<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V8TPcdxjPzUC|title=Tested to the Limit: A Genocide Survivor's Story of Pain, Resilience and Hope|first=Consolee|last=Nishimwe|date=June 27, 2012|publisher=BalboaPress|isbn=9781452549590 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://womensmediacenter.com/shesource/expert/consolee-nishimwe|title=Consolee Nishimwe - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center|website=womensmediacenter.com}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/africarenewal/web-features/i-was-tested-limit-%E2%80%94-rwanda-genocide-survivor |title=I was tested to the limit — Rwanda genocide survivor &#124; Africa Renewal |publisher=Un.org |date= |accessdate=2022-08-27}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/74113/rwanda-genocide-survivor-lasting-reminders/|title=One Survivor's Tale of the Rwandan Genocide and Its Reminders|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/02/16/the-food-of-liberation-a-dinner-series-with-a-mission/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815200626/https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/02/16/the-food-of-liberation-a-dinner-series-with-a-mission/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2020|title=The Food of Liberation: A Dinner Series With a Mission|date=February 16, 2016|website=The Village Voice}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/04/1007301|title=World 'must nurture the courage to care – and the resolve to act,' says UN chief, reflecting on 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda|date=April 13, 2018|website=UN News}}</ref>

==Background==
Nishimwe was born on 11 September 1979 in [Rubengera](/source/Rubengera), [Kibuye, Rwanda](/source/Kibuye%2C_Rwanda). Her mother, Marie-Jeanne Mukamwiza, and father, Andre Ngoga were both [primary school teachers](/source/Primary_school). They met in 1972 and married in August 1977. Nishimwe is the eldest of five children. She speaks English and [Kinyarwanda](/source/Kinyarwanda).<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

==Rwandan genocide==
Nishimwe was 14 when the Rwandan genocide began in April 1994. The family took refuge in a Muslim area for protection but her father and aunt were killed on 15 April 1994. A week later, her three brothers, 16-month-old Bon-Fils Abimana, 7-year-old Pascal Muvara, and 9-year-old Philbert Nkusi, were murdered. Her grandparents and uncles were also killed. Nishimwe fled and hid for three months, enduring torture and other hardship, including sexual assault which resulted in [HIV](/source/HIV) infection. Her mother, Marie-Jeanne, and sister, Jeanette Ingabire, survived. By the end of the genocide, 90% of the Tutsis in their town had been killed.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto5"/>

==Activism==
In 2001, Nishimwe moved to the United States where she became a human rights activist and motivational speaker. In 2012, she published a memoir, ''Tested To The Limit: A Genocide Survivor's Story Of Pain, Resilience And Hope''. In 2014, she spoke at the [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) symposium on the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEUxQLHH8Ts|title=Local Legacies in of the Genocide in Rwanda: Consolee Nishimwe - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In 2018, she addressed the [United Nations General Assembly](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly).<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite tweet|number=986009082149601285|user=RwandaUN|title=Consolee Nishimwe, Genocide survivor and author of 'Tested to the Limit: A Genocide Survivor's Story of Pain, Resil…|date=16 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite news|url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/07/08/through-life-experience-consolee-nishimwe-seeks-ad/|title=Through life experience, Consolee Nishimwe seeks to advocate for women and girls|first=Shania|last=Degroot|date=July 8, 2021|website=New York Amsterdam News}}</ref><ref name="auto5"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=56192491&itype=CMSID|title=Utahns pay tribute to genocide victims and survivors|website=The Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref><ref name="auto4"/>

==Personal life==
Nishimwe now lives in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto5"/>

==Bibliography==
*''Tested To The Limit: A Genocide Survivor's Story Of Pain, Resilience And Hope'' (2012)

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