Inside Kigali Genocide Memorial
This month marks 23 years since one of the worst atrocities the world has seen - the Rwandan genocide.
In 2017, the Kigali Genocide Memorial stands as a stark reminder of what led to the brutal killing of so many Rwandans in 1994.
According to the Kigali Genocide Memorial more than 1 million people lost their lives.
The remains of the people at the memorial were brought here from all over the capital, after they had been left in the streets or thrown into rivers. It serves as a final resting place for over 250 000 victims of the genocide.
The contrast between the two major events on the continent in 1994 has always been a stark one. As South Africa ushered in its first democratic government, to loud applause from around the world, the people of Rwanda experienced violence on a scale never seen before.
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On 6 April 1994, then President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane was shot down close to Kigali International Airport.
His assassination is viewed as the start of what ended up as 100 days of violence.
Today, Rwandans say they're building a new and brighter future.
But they will never forget the past.
The wall of names is dedicated to those who died.
The original hotel from the movie Hotel Rwanda.
The names of hotel staff who helped during the genocide.
The remains.
More than 250 000 bodies were exhumed and buried at the centre.
Survivors donated pictures of loved ones who were killed.
*Our reporter Slindelo Masikane is traveling with RwandAir.