Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 9-22-2015 12:00 AM Sexual Violence at Nyarubuye: History, Justice, Memory. A Case Study of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Nicole M. Ephgrave The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Amanda Grzyb The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Women's Studies and Feminist Research A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy © Nicole M. Ephgrave 2015 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Other Political Science Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Ephgrave, Nicole M., "Sexual Violence at Nyarubuye: History, Justice, Memory. A Case Study of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide" (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3335. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3335 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SEXUAL VIOLENCE AT NYARUBUYE: HISTORY, JUSTICE, MEMORY A CASE STUDY OF THE 1994 RWANDAN GENOCIDE (Thesis format: Monograph) by Nicole M. Ephgrave Graduate Program in Women’s Studies & Feminist Research Collaborative Program in Transitional Justice & Post-Conflict Reconstruction A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada © Nicole Ephgrave 2015 Abstract: This dissertation raises complex questions about historical truth, the pursuit of justice, and processes of memorialization vis-à-vis one case study of the Rwandan genocide: the Nyarubuye Church massacre, where members of the Interahamwe militia and their accomplices murdered tens of thousands of (mainly) Tutsi men, women and children, April 15th-17th, 1994.