Marie-Louise Sibazuri

Marie-Louise Sibazuri
Born (1960-01-02) 2 January 1960 (age 64)
Kayanza Province, Burundi
Occupation(s)Activist, teacher, writer
SpouseHilaire Bucumi

Marie-Louise Sibazuri (born 2 January 1960)[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ Hatzfeld, Jean (9 July 1998). "Marie-Louise Sibazuri, 38 ans, écrit, pour la radio du Burundi, des feuilletons où se confondent Hutus et Tutsis. Radio cache-cache" (in French). Libération. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ Sabouraud, Valentine (2019). "Les mille vies de Marie-Louise Sibazuri, belgo-burundaise à Melbourne" (in French). Le Courrier australien. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis; Niven, Mr. Steven J. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 370–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.