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GLOSSARY

abunzi chaka-mchaka mediation committees

a form of indoctrination camp used during the Ugandan bush war for military cadres

gacaca literally, grass or lawn; name also given to community-level dispute resolution mechanism and court system designed to prosecute genocide cases (pronounced ga-CHA-cha)
gacaca nkiristu Christian gacaca; a dispute resolution mechanism used in some Rwandan churches
Ibuka literally, �to remember'; name of the largest organisation of Rwandan genocide survi­vors
ingando literally, an encampment or assembly area; a Rwandan military space used for briefing troops; more recently, a civic education camp
interahamwe �those who work together'; name given to genocidal militias
inyangamugayo literally, a person of integrity; a gacaca judge
mwami

nyumbakumi uburere buruta ubuvuke

a chief

the head of ten households

Rwandan proverb, �people are not born with values'

urumuri literally, �the light'; name given to judges during prison gacaca

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Source: Clark Phil. The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda: Justice without Lawyers. Cambridge University Press,2010. — 400 p.. 2010

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