Dorcy Rugamba

Dorcy RUGAMBA

Yavutse mu kwa cyenda 1969

Yavukiye i Kigali

Ubwenegihugu: Rwanda

Ishuri yizemo: National University of Rwanda

Ishuri yarangirijemo: Catholic University of Louvain

Akazi akora: Umukinnyi wa filime

Ibindi akora: Umuyobozi w'ubuhanzi

Abana afite: 3 

**Dorcy Rugamba** (yavutse mu 1969) ni umwanditsi wo mu Rwanda, umukinnyi, umubyinnyi, n’umuyobozi wa stage. Kubera ko yarokotse itsembabwoko ryo mu Rwanda ryo mu 1994, aho ababyeyi be ndetse n'umuryango we benshi biciwe, imirimo ye myinshi y'ibanze kuri iyi na jenoside. Yakinnye kandi muri firime. Yashinze u Rwanda Arts Initiative na Kigali Triennial. Memoire ye yo muri 2024 yeguriwe umuryango we udahari, *Hewa Rwanda, une lettre aux absents(ibaruwa ku badahari) aboneka* irimo gutangwa mu buhinduzi bw'icyongereza nk'igitaramo cyaherekejwe n'umuziki, cyiswe *Hewa Rwanda, Ibaruwa yandikiwe abadahari(Letter to the absent)*, cyerekanwe muri Gashyantare 2025 mu iserukiramuco rya Adelaide muri Ositaraliya.

## Ubuzima bwa mbere n'uburezi
Dorcy Rugamba yavukiye mu Rwanda mu mwaka wa 1969,  umuhungu wa Sipiriyani na Daphrose Rugamba . Sipiriyani Rugamba (umugabo w’Abahutu ) yari umwanditsi, umunyabukorikori, umuhimbyi, n’umuyobozi ushinzwe ingoro ndangamurage, naho Daphrose yari umugore w’umututsi .  Aba bashakanye bamenyesheje u Rwanda Rwiza Gatolika n’umuryango wa Emmanuel mu 1990. 

Dorcy yamenyekanye mu buhanzi bwo gukora na se.  Yatoje kubyina gakondo yu Rwanda, Intore . 

Yabanje kwiga mu ishami rya farumasi muri kaminuza nkuru y'u Rwanda . [a]Mu gihe Rugamba yari afite imyaka nka 25 icyo gihe, yasuye nyirasenge mu majyepfo y’u Rwanda, saa kumi za mu gitondo ku ya 7 Mata 1994 inzu y’umuryango we i Kigali yibasiwe n’interahamwe z’Abahutu. Uyu wari umunsi umwe nyuma y’iyicwa rya perezida, ryaranze itangira ryaJenoside yo mu Rwanda .  Icyo gihe abasirikare bakusanyije abantu bose bari mu ngo: abana batandatu ba Sipiriyani na Daphrose, barimo abakobwa babiri bafite imyaka icyenda n'irindwi, na mubyara wabo w'imyaka itandatu, hamwe n'umukozi w'umuryango hamwe n'ababyeyi be. Bose bishwe n'imbunda, usibye umwe mu bavandimwe b'ingimbi ba Rugamba, wari utwikiriwe n'imirambo y'abandi. Abasirikare bamaze kugenda, umuhungu yerekeje kuri telefone ahamagara Rugamba. Amaze kubwirwa uko byagenze, yahunze igihugu, abanza kujya mu Burundi, nyuma yaho ajya i Paris, nyuma ajya mu Bubiligi. Mu minsi irenga 100, abantu bagera kuri miliyoni barishwe. 

Yirengagije impamyabumenyi ye ya farumasi (atigeze yishimira nubundi), Rugamba yerekeje mu buhanzi kugira ngo bimufashe gukira no kumva ibyabaye.  Yize muri Royal de Liège ya Conservatoire mu Bubiligi, aho yatsindiye igihembo cya mbere mu buhanzi bw'ikinamico.  

## Umwuga
Rugamba yashinze isosiyete ye ya mbere y'indirimbo n'imbyino yise Isango; ayishinga i Butare mu ntara y'amajyepfo y'u Rwanda mu 1992. 

Yabaye umwe mu bandiitsi b'igitabo rusange *cy’u Rwanda 94*, cyakozwe mu 1998 itsinda ry’abahanzi baturutse mu bice bitandukanye ndetse n’ibihugu bitandukanye bikorera mu Bubiligi ryitwa Groupov. Rugamba yari umwe mu banditsi kandi yanakinnye amasaha atandatu.  *U Rwanda 94* rwerekanwe bwa mbere mu 1999 mu iserukiramuco rya d'Avignon mu Bufaransa, ruzenguruka isi yose,  kandi ryegukana ibihembo byinshi mu Bubiligi ndetse no mu Bufaransa. Mu 2004, mu rwego rwo kwizihiza imyaka 10 nyuma ya Jenoside yo mu Rwanda, imirimo yabo yerekaniwe i Butare, Kigali, na Bisesero, mu Rwanda. 

Mu 2001, yashinze Amahugurwa ya "Urw'intore" i Kigali, agamije kwigisha ubuhanzi, guhanga, n'ubushakashatsi. 

Mu 2005, yabaye umwe mu bakinnye banayobora muri *L'Instruction*, ikinamico ya Peter Weiss ishingiye ku rubanza rw’abakoze Auschwitz. Uyu murimo wakorewe mu Rwanda, Ubufaransa, Ububiligi, Ubwongereza, Ubuyapani, na Amerika. 

Rugamba yakoranye na sosiyete ya Peter Brook,  ndetse na Rosa Gasquet n’umuyobozi w’Ubusuwisi Milo Rau, hagati ya 2004 na 2008.  Yakoranye kandi n’ikinamico y’Ababiligi. 

Mu 2007 yanditse kandi akora *Iperereza*, ashingiye kuri Jenoside yakorewe Abayahudi, asobanura uburyo igihugu gikemura ibibazo by'ihungabana. Harimo abakinnyi b’Abanyarwanda gusa, ikinamico yateguwe ku rwego mpuzamahanga, harimo Bruxelles, Paris, New York, Chicago, na Yokohama . 

Rugamba yanditse ikinamico yitwa Bloody *Niggers!*, yakozwe mu 2007 muri Théâtre y'igihugu ya Wallonie-Bruxelles   kandi yerekanwa mu 2016 i Hamburg, mu Budage.  Yanditse kandi *Retour de Kigali* . 

Mu mwaka wa 2010, yateguye umukino yise *Gusubira muri paradizo* mu isambu i Yvelines, mu Bufaransa. Impapuro zerekana, zitwa *Isoko*, zatanzwe muri uwo mwaka umwe nubundi. Yayoboye umurimo mushya, *Abakina urusimbi: cyangwa Intambara ya nyuma y’umusirikare ushonje*, yerekanwe muri Mata 2011 muri Zuiderspershuis i Antwerp, mu Bubiligi.  

Rwanda Arts Initiative, yashinzwe na Rugamba mu 2012, yateguye imishinga ye myinshi. 

Mu mwaka wa 2018, yateje imbere, ari kumwe n'abahanzi Yolander Gutiérrez na Jens Dietrich, igitaramo kihariye cyiswe *Planet Kigali*, yasobanuye  "Guhuza imigenzo y'u Rwanda n'imbyino zigezweho z'iki gihe". Iki gitaramo cyerekanywe ku ya 12 Ukuboza 2018 i Kampnagel i Hamburg, mu Budage. 

Muri 2019 yakoze opera *Umurinzi* ("umurinzi"), kugira ngo yibuke imyaka 25 y'itsembabwoko ry'abatutsi, kandi yatewe inkunga n’umuco wo mu Rwanda witwa "Gutereka". *Umurunzi* yakiniwe mu kigo cya Kigali (Kigali Convention Centre). Inyandiko ishingiye ku buhamya bw'abacitse ku icumu rya Jenoside. Ikinamico yakozwe mu ndimi enye: Kinyarwanda (ururimi rwemewe rw'u Rwanda), Icyongereza, Igifaransa, na Kiswahili, ururimi rwa Afurika y'Iburasirazuba. Opera yerekanwe no kuri Televiziyo y'u Rwanda, kandi igice cyayo kiraboneka kuri YouTube.  

Muri 2019 yari amaze gukina ikinamico zigera muri zirindwi zerekeye itsembabwoko. Muri Werurwe 2020, yashyizeho *Les restes suprêmes*, yibanda ku murage nyafurika w’ingoro ndangamurage z’i Burayi, ayikora kandi ayikinira muri Dakar Biennale mu 2022.   

Mu Kwakira 2020, muri Théâtre du Châtelet i Paris, yatangiye ubufatanye n’umuyobozi wa filime wa Mauritania Abderrahmane Sissako gutegura opera *Le vol du Boli*, hamwe n’umuziki wakozwe n'umucuranzi w’umwongereza Damon Albarn . 

### ''Hewa Rwanda''
Muri Werurwe 2024, inyandiko ye yeguriye umuryango we udahari  kandi nk'impano ku bana be,  *Hewa Rwanda, une lettre aux absents(ibaruwa ku badahari)*, yasohowe na Éditions JC Lattès . Yishimiwe cyane, kandi itorwa muri Prix Renaudot .  Igitabo cyasohotse mu Cyongereza nka *Hewa Rwanda, Ibaruwa yandikiwe abadahari* .  ​​ ​Muri Kamena 2024, yamuritse umukino witwa kimwe n'uwa Großes Haus muri Braunschweig, mu Ukwakira mu mukino wa Bouffes du Nord nk'agace ka Festival d'automne à Paris [fr] afatanije n'abanya Senegal bacuranga ibikoresho byinshi bitwa Majnun, izina ryabo risobanura "umusazi" mu Cyarabu . Ku ya 18 Mutarama 2025,  mbere yo gutangwa mu iserukiramuco rya Adelaide ryabereye i Adelaide , muri Ositaraliya, muri Werurwe 2025.   iki gitabo, akoresha ubuhanzi nk'uburyo bwo gukiza.  Yanditse kuri iki gitabo: "Mu gihe *Hewa Rwanda, Ibaruwa yandikiwe Abadahari* ivuga ku itsembabwoko, ibibazo by’icyunamo, ndetse n’umuryango wari hafi kurimbuka, nashakaga mbere na mbere ko bitaba inyandiko yo kwibuka ahubwo ko ari indirimbo y'ubuzima, bityo imvugo y’inyandiko ikubiyemo nkana umucyo, urwenya, imivugo, umuziki, ndetse n’ubuzima mu bice byose". Akazi nigikorwa cyu Rwanda Arts Initiative.  Iki gitaramo kandi kirimo gutegurwa inshuro eshatu mu rwego rwa WOMADelaide, n’umunsi mukuru w’umuziki n'imbyino zo hanze biri mu birori bya Adelayide.  Muri iki kiganiro, avuga ku byo yigiye ku babyeyi be n’ibyo yabonye, ndetse n’igihe byamutwaye "kwemera ibitemewe". Mu kwerekana ibikorwa nk'ibi, akomeza kuba hafi y'abadahari, yubahiriza ubuzima bwabo kandi akabona ubwiza n'ubusizi ku isi. 

### Filime
Rugamba kandi yagaragaye kuri ecran, haba nka we ndetse n'umukinnyi. 

Ni we uvuga mu nkuru (narrator) mu ikinamico-nyakuri yo mu 2016 yerekeye ababyeyi be, *J’entrerai au ciel en dansant* (Nzajya mu ijuru mpamiriza).

Yakinnye ari inzirakarengane muri filime yo muri 2021 ya AfrofUrist *Nephost*, iyobowe na Playwright Falowright n'Umukinnyi wa Filimenia Uzeyman n'umucuranzi wa Amerika na Multimediya Sawuli Williams (wanditse amashusho). 

## Ibindi bikorwa
Mu mwaka wa 2012, Rugamba yashinze ikigo cy’ubuhanzi cy’u Rwanda. 

Yagaragaye mu nama y’Abanyafurika yabereye i Kisumu, muri Kenya,  ibirori by’Abanyafurika bikorwa buri myaka itatu ikabera muri kamwe mu turere dutanu twa Afurika, muri Gicurasi 2022, 

Muri Gashyantare 2024 yashinze kandi aba n'umuyobozi w'ubuhanzi wa Kigali Triennial, isoko ry'ubuhanzi rya Kigali.   *Marembo* avuga iminsi ya nyuma y'umuryango we mu Rwanda mu bisigo, kandi yakorewe muri Triennial ya Kigali. 

Rugamba yavugiye muri ISPA (Umuryango mpuzamahanga ushinzwe ubuhanzi) mu 2025 muri Kongere yabereye New York. 

## Ubuzima bwe bwite
Kugeza ubu muri 2025, Rugamba atuye muri Brussels, mu Bubiligi ariko akaba amara igihe kinini mu Rwanda.

Avuga Igifaransa neza cyane "nk'ururimi rwe kavukire ", kandi yandika mu gifaransa. Afite urugo; arubatse, afite abahungu babiri n'umukobwa umwe, bavukiye mu Bubiligi bajya mu ishuri "risanzwe" ryaho. Abavandimwe be barokotse hamwe n'abana babo baracyaba mu Rwanda, aho "bidashoboka kubarinda amateka yacu", mu gihe abana be bwite bashobora kwishimira ubuto bw'umwere. 

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