Dimitrie Sissi

Based on the true story of how a Survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda refused to die, physically and spiritually, throughout the struggles and uncertainty. In April 1994, Dimitrie Sissi Mukanyiligira, a 22-year-old joyful and happy young woman, eager to graduate from high school, marry the love of her life and leave Rwanda to start an exciting chapter of life elsewhere after a very painful childhood, saw her dreams crashed when the genocide against the Tutsi broke out, halting every hope and ambition except for just one small firm voice that called her severally “Do not accept to die”. Growing up had been a struggle for Dimitrie and her seven siblings, after losing her parents at only 9 years old. She grew up on the rural Kigali hill of Kibagabaga, working her way through the challenges of an orphan’s life. Compounding this struggle, she got pregnant at the age of seventeen, adding to her the status and challenges of a teenage mother.