| Reconciliation Processes in Africa: Burundi |
| This collection of Internet resources includes selected country-specific case study experiences that are helping and/or hindering reconciliation processes in Africa at international, regional, national, and communal levels. Although selective, inclusion of a site by no means constitutes
endorsement by the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress. Every source listed here was successfully tested before being added to the list. Users, however, should be aware that a successful connection may sometimes require several attempts.
For additional research and bibliographic materials on reconciliation processes in African countries consult the Library's online catalog.
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| BURUNDI TRAUMA HEALING AND RECONCILIATION CENTER (http://www.quaker.org/fptp/agli/burundi%5Ftrauma.htm) |
| “Faced with this sad situation, Burundi Yearly Meeting of Friends with the help of the Friends Peace Teams Project’s African Great Lakes Initiative, proposes the Burundi Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Center. The Center will help mobilize people to join together to contribute to the national healing of Burundi. It is only through a long and difficult healing process that Burundi will be able to ask forgiveness in order to allow conflicting communities to reinstate good, peaceful relationships.”
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| COMMISSION 'JUSTICE ET PAIX' DIOCESE DE MUYINGA, BURUNDI (http://www.unoy.org/ANWK%5Forg%5FBU%5FDiocese%20de%20Muyinga.htm) |
| Written in French, the web page for this organization is resident on the African Network of Young Peace-Builders site which offers information on many initiatives. “La mission première de la commission est donc d’annoncer la justice: une éducation à la justice et aux valeurs morales et sociales positives; par une formation à la non violence active et à la capacité de transformer les situations de conflits en situation de paix, de concorde et de réconciliation.”
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| The DELEGATION REPORT (http://www.quaker.org/fptp/agli/delegation.htm#uganda) |
| “From January 3 through 23, 1999, a seven member delegation from the Friends Peace Teams Project's African Great Lakes Initiative visited Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. ... The purpose of the mission was to visit Quakers and others involved in peacemaking activities in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, explore African Quakers' participation in peacemaking, reconciliation, and trauma healing and assess the possibility of placing a long-term Peace Team in the area.”
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| FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION IN BURUNDI / REVIEW BY BILL SAMUEL
(http://www.quakerinfo.com/horns.shtml) |
| “This article is a review of Unlocking Horns: Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Burundi, by David Niyonzima and Lon Fendall, Barclay Press, 2001, 129 pages.” |
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| IF WE HAD KNOWN WHAT WE JUST LEARNED /BY CELESTIN MUSEKURA & PRUDENCE KANTENGWA
(http://www.alarm-inc.org/alarmold/R2001000.htm) |
| “From 18th – 22nd December 2000, ALARM organized and facilitated a successful workshop in Conflict Management and Pastoral Care and Counseling in Burundi, Bujumbura. This conference brought together about 157 pastors from various evangelical churches and 13 denominations across the country of Burundi ... The purpose of the training was to provide skills and tools to church leaders in Burundi in how to deal with ethnic conflicts, that have devastated the country and divided even churches. ... Topics covered were the Place of Christian Leaders in the Questions of Tribalism and Ethnicity Leadership& Mentoring, Forgiveness & Reconciliation, and Basis Counseling Skills.”
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| The KAMENGE PROJECT (http://www.quaker.org/fptp/agli/) |
| “The goals of the Kamenge Reconciliation and Reconstruction Project were to engage in conflict resolution training and workshops and to rebuild the residence/guest house at Kamenge Friends Church destroyed during the fighting which began in 1993. Our Kamenge Project team, with individuals ranging from age 20 to 57, brought with us a diversity of life experiences, beliefs, and racial/national origins (7 Burundians, 1 Tanzanian, 1 Canadian, 1 British, and 4 Americans). ...
The Kamenge Project is sponsored by Burundi Yearly Meeting and the African Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace Teams Project.” |
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| LA COMMISSION VÉRITÉ ET RÉCONCILIATION AU BURUNDI: UNE INSTITUTION PRÉMATURÉE? / BY LAURENT KAVAKURE (http://www.arib.info/KavakureCVR.htm) |
| Issued in French by the Association de Réflexion et d'Information sur le Burundi, in May 2003, the essay describes the goals of the proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission to be established in Burundi.
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| PILGRIM CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION: RESTORATION IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI
(http://www.kingdomoil.org/kingdomfund/intl/intprofile%5FPilgrimCenter.htm) |
| “The Pilgrim Center leads healing retreats to restore Christian relationships in Rwanda and Burundi where the Church was divided through the systematic massacre of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu men, women and children by an extremist Hutu government in 1994. To date, 900 Rwandans and 900 Burundis have learned ‘the way of forgiveness’ in three-day retreats ... A majority of these 1,800 are church leaders who now work to bring transformation and healing to their own congregations.”
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| RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE: SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE CENTRAL AFRICA VISION 2000 (http://www.cav2000.org/sights%5Fand%5Fsound.htm) |
| The mission of the Central Africa Vision 2000, Inc., is to partner with churches and communities of different ethnic groups to bring about peace and justice through reconciliation in central Africa.... Ths site provides a photographic and audio report of the 1999 Reconciliation Conference in Bukavu, Congo. Jennifer Jones reports live from Central Africa on WMSJ's (drawnear.org/wmsj) morning show hosted by Donny Webb. Also, this site contains information on other regional conferences. (RealPlayer is required for audio.)
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