Clemantine Wamariya: War and what comes after
Clemantine Wamariya: Krieg und was danach passiert
In her work, Clemantine Wamariya is learning and sharing how remembering our life experiences in story form guides us to make sense and appreciate our present moments. Full bio
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die solches Verhalten stoppen.
we have to keep trying.
dass wir es weiter versuchen müssen.
ganzen Familie geliebt,
being teased by everybody,
and my neighbor's.
und meiner Nachbarn.
began to speak in whispers
that I asked a question.
wenn ich eine Frage stellte.
when they woke us.
als Sie uns weckten.
to our grandparent's,
und mich zu unseren Großeltern,
would blow away.
in Luft auflösen würden.
they were human.
to rest for a little bit
um uns etwas auszuruhen,
der seine Heimat verlassen hat,
und zwölften Lebensjahr
zu Flüchtlingslager,
and her family on refugee status.
als Flüchtlinge nach Amerika.
zu viel und bedeutungslos.
aus einem Buch gerissen
standing right here.
über unsere Vergangenheit.
knowing that they were dead
in denen wir dachten, sie seien alle tot,
American way possible.
amerikanischste Art, die es gibt.
die ich noch gar nicht kannte,
there is absolutely nothing,
we lost with each other
die wir verloren haben,
wieder zurückbringen kann.
moved to the United States,
in die Vereinigten Staaten,
can make sense of what happened to us.
was uns passiert ist.
by our own experience.
zum Schweigen gebracht.
by the violence of the world
und zum Schweigen gebracht
die wir verwenden,
we create every single day.
die wir jeden Tag leben.
that we impose on ourselves
in die wir uns selbst
zu noch mehr Zerstörung.
the many magnitudes
that goes on in the world,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Clemantine Wamariya - Storyteller, human rights advocateIn her work, Clemantine Wamariya is learning and sharing how remembering our life experiences in story form guides us to make sense and appreciate our present moments.
Why you should listen
Clemantine Wamariya is a human rights advocate, social entrepreneur and public speaker committed to inspiring others through the power of storytelling. Her personal accounts of childhood in Rwanda, displacement throughout war-torn countries and various refugee camps have encouraged myriads of people to persevere despite great odds. With no formal education before the age of 13, Wamariya went on to graduate from Yale University with a BA in Comparative Literature.
Wamariya was recognized for her dedication to improving the lives of others, especially the underserved. In 2011, President Obama appointed her, as the youngest member in history, to the board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and she was reappointed in 2016. She continues to share her experiences of adversity and seized opportunities as a way to reframe the way her audiences think, whether it be about their own privilege or basic human rights -- and she strives to catalyze development personally, locally and globally. Though still a nomad, she is based out of San Francisco, where she is writing her first book, due in spring 2018.
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