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Visions of Rwanda Photo Project

Jean-Marie Vianney Hitimana

Photo by Linda Smith

Jean-Marie Vianney Hitimana is a repentant participant of the 1994 genocide. He was recently released from Gitarama prison after serving thirteen years for destroying the store of Annociata’s father. Jean-Marie has paid Annociata back for the damage he did to her father’s store. They are neighbors.

Jean-Marie Vianney Hitimana
Jean-Marie photographs his shadow.
Children walk over a bridge. Jean-Marie photographed several bridges because it reminded him of how innocent people were thrown into the Nyabarongo River during the genocide. Annociata’s father was killed this way.
A little boy climbs up a tree.
Some children play outside together.
A portrait of an older man smoking a pipe after spending the day working in the fields.
Traditional Rwandan celebratory drinks.
The sun sets in Rwanda.
Children play under a bridge.
People stand on top of a bridge.
A young boy looks for fish in the river.
Two men canoe down the river.
A boy sits on top of a boat filled with sugarcane.
A young child looks into a window from outside.
Two little children play with each other.
A portrait of a little boy.
Children look into a window.
A little boy climbs up a tree.
A woman walks with a baby on her back.
An older woman walks along the road.
Men ride on a truck.
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