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Author, Survivor of Rwanda Genocide Visits Professor Edwards
10/08/2021
Kayiranga Jean-Leonard Kagabo, author of Angels on My Path, visited with IU McKinney Professor George Edwards and students. Kagabo talked about surviving the geoncide in Rwanda, where Hutu extremists killed members of the Tutsi minority in 1994.
Kagabo’s book recounts his happy childhood before the war began. He had to leave home with a sister and brother, and a cousin to survive. Kagabo (in the photo) was 12 years old when the killings began. His visit with Professor Edwards and his students took place October 6.
Professor Edwards is the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law at IU McKinney. He founded the Program in International Human Rights Law (PIHRL) at IU McKinney in 1997. PIRHL has placed more than 250 students in internships in nearly 70 countries since its founding. Students work with private human rights organizations, governmental bodies, and the United Nations.
