Marie-Louise Sibazuri
Marie-Louise Sibazuri (born 2 January 1960) is a Burundian women's rights activist and teacher who has devoted her time to writing since 1993. In addition to becoming a prolific playwright, she is widely known as the author of the popular radio series "Umumbanyi Niwe Muryango" (Our Neighbours Are Our Family), a soap opera which sets out to improve relations between Tutsis and Hutus following the conflicts of the mid-1990s. After spending several years in Belgium where she was active in the theatre, she has now moved to Australia with her second husband, Hilaire Bucumi. She is currently writing collections of Burundian folk tales.
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women's rights
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Tutsi
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Hutu
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conflicts of the mid-1990s
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Marie-Louise Sibazuri
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