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Promoting Genocide Awareness Besides being a brilliant singer, songwriter, and musician, Jean Paul Samputu is also a tireless worker for peace and reconciliation, an educator about HIV/AIDS, and an eloquent speaker about the Rwandan genocide. Samputu's life and music changed forever when the tragedy of genocide struck Rwanda in 1994. During this terrible period when almost a million Rwandan people were killed, Samputu lost his mother and father, three brothers and a sister. He has worked steadily since that time to help unify and heal his country, through his music and through educating young people around the world about genocide. Jean Paul Samputu has been invited to lecture at many colleges, universities and other institutions for events addressing genocide awareness and African studies. Read about Samputu's contribution to reconciliation, and a report on the Rwandan genocide -
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