Carole Karemera

Carole Umulinga Karemera (born 1975) is a Rwandan actress, dancer, saxophone player, and playwright.

Carole Karemera
Karemera in 2015
Born1975 (age 45–46)
Brussels
NationalityRwandan
OccupationActress, dancer, saxophone player, playwright

Biography

She was born in 1975 in Brussels, the daughter of Rwandan exiles.[1] As a child, Karemara excelled at mathematics and dreamed of opening a bakery.[2] Karemera studied at the National Conservatory of Theater and Dance in Brussels. In 1994, her father, a journalist, returned to Belgium as a result of the Rwandan Genocide.[3] Karemera first discovered Rwanda on a motorcycle in 1996.[1] She performed in several plays, such as The Trojan Women by Euripides, The Ghost Woman by Kay Adshead, and Anathema, before starting her film career.[2] Between 2000 and 2004, she played the leading role in Rwanda 94. Her uncle, Jean-Marie Muyango, composed the score for the show.[3]

In 2005, Karemara starred as Jeanne in Raoul Peck's film Sometimes in April, about the Rwandan genocide.[4] The same year, she decided to settle in Kigali.[1] Upon moving to the country, Karemara became involved in cultural projects, including staging interactive plays in bars and in the streets of Rwandan cities, in order to create a common history. Along with Cécilia Kankonda, she set up a "sound cathedral" built from recordings of memories in which participants could tell their memories of Rwanda before 1994.[5] In 2006, Karemara and seven other women established the Ishyo Arts Center in Kigali to support culture in the capital, which did not have a theatre until that point.[1]

Karemara starred as Beatrice in the 2007 film Juju Factory. She received the Best Actress award at the Festival Cinema Africano in Italy.[6] She wrote the play "Chez l’habitant", about the experiences of women in Brussels, Kigali and Sevran.[1]

Karemara has served as the Deputy Secretary General of Arterial Network, as well as the Arterial Network Country Representative in Rwanda.[7] She starred in Peter Brook's 2016 play Battlefield, based on The Mahabharata.[8] In 2018, she received an award at the Les Journées théâtrales de Carthage, honoring her work in the theatre in Rwanda.[9]

Filmography

References
  1. Charon, Aurélie (12 October 2018). "Carole Karemera, j'irai le dire chez vous". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. "Who are the stars of Rwanda's Hillywood?". The New Times. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. Bédarida, Catherine (21 April 2004). "Carole Karemera incarne la douleur des résistants tutsis". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. Lacey, Marc (17 February 2004). "Rwanda Revisits Its Nightmare; Filmmaker, in HBO Project, Uses Survivors and Actual Sites to Recount 1994 War". New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. Kodjo-Grandvaux, Séverine (15 December 2016). "Carole Karemera veut reconstruire le Rwanda grâce au théâtre de rue". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. Mahnke, Hans-Christian. "Review of "Juju Factory"". Africavenir. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. "Carole Karemara". Arterial Network. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. Kantengwa, Sharon (21 April 2016). "You can use art to speak to the world - Carole Karemera". The New Times. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. Mazimpaka, Magnus (8 December 2018). "Rwandan Actress Carole Karemera Receives Great Award In Tunisia". Taarifa. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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