Hewa Rwanda with Dorcy Rugamba and Majnun

Thirty-one years have passed since the genocide in Rwanda, but the book Hewa Rwanda by Rwandan actor and director Dorcy Rugamba, published in 2024, stands today as one of the most authentic accounts for understanding the events. In this moving musical reading, Dorcy Rugamba describes the life of his family, which was wiped out on the morning of April 7, 1994, and his life afterwards. Hewa Rwanda is a story of rare power about family, culture, and spirituality – and an antidote to the “impulses of death” that continue to dominate our times.

DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE: Dorcy Rugamba
MUSIC: Majnun

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Dorcy Rugamba is a writer, actor, dancer, and director. He lives and works in Brussels and Kigali. In 2012, he founded the Rwanda Arts Initiative in Kigali, an arts center aimed at cultural entrepreneurs. On March 13, 2024, he published his book “Hewa Rwanda une lettre aux absents” (Hewa Rwanda, a letter to those absent), a story about his family.

Majnun is a Senegalese musician, multi-instrumentalist, and performer. His stage name—meaning “the madman”—represents the creative freedom with which he explores the depths of his soul. Growing up in an artistic environment, he developed a nomadic, cross-genre style combining Afrobeat, jazz, funk, trance, and Latin. He released his first album in 2015. In 2019, a West African tour with his band The Black-Magic Sofas Sofas took him to Benin, Mali, and Senegal, where he also recorded his decolonial album Mandigo's Fight. With the play Liberté j'aurai habité ton rêve jusqu'au dernier soir, Majnun took to the stage of the Festival d'Avignon for the first time in 2021 and subsequently toured internationally. Further roles followed, including in La vie comme elle vient.

- Tickets available soon. Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the foyer.
- Ages 12 and up
- Language: German, English, French
- Hall 2, ground floor