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'''Noël Hitimana''' (born Nyamirambo) was a presenter (''animateur'') on the Rwandan radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), which played a significant role in promoting the genocide against the Tutsi. Like the station's other broadcasters, Hitimana incited violence against Tutsi on the air. | '''Noël''' '''Hitimana''' (born Nyamirambo) was a presenter (''animateur'') on the Rwandan radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), which played a significant role in promoting the genocide against the Tutsi. Like the station's other broadcasters, Hitimana incited violence against Tutsi on the air. | ||
Prior to his employment at RTLM, Hitimana worked for state-owned Radio Rwanda and the ''Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting'' from the late 1970s until the early 1990s. During that time, he became popular by routinely greeting the different regions and towns of Rwanda in the early morning, while farmers were waking to work in the fields. This broadcast segment emphasized both the importance of hard work, community and the nationalistic views of the ruling National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND). Allegedly an drunk, Hitimana was fired from Radio Rwanda after insulting Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana on-air while intoxicated. | Prior to his employment at RTLM, Hitimana worked for state-owned Radio Rwanda and the ''Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting'' from the late 1970s until the early 1990s. During that time, he became popular by routinely greeting the different regions and towns of Rwanda in the early morning, while farmers were waking to work in the fields. This broadcast segment emphasized both the importance of hard work, community and the nationalistic views of the ruling National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND). Allegedly an drunk, Hitimana was fired from Radio Rwanda after insulting Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana on-air while intoxicated. | ||
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The studio of RTLM was hit by a bomb on 17 April 1994, with Hitimana being seriously injured. Following the attack, his leg was amputated, resulting in Hitimana leaving RTLM for good. Hitimana was interviewed by Yolande Mukagasana for her book '''The Wounds of Silence''' | The studio of RTLM was hit by a bomb on 17 April 1994, with Hitimana being seriously injured. Following the attack, his leg was amputated, resulting in Hitimana leaving RTLM for good. Hitimana was interviewed by Yolande Mukagasana for her book '''The Wounds of Silence''' | ||
Hitimana allegedly died in a Rwandan prison in 2002. | Hitimana allegedly died in a Rwandan prison in or before 2002. | ||
[[Category:Deaths in prison]] | [[Category:Deaths in prison]] | ||
[[Category:Vocal Villains]] | [[Category:Vocal Villains]] | ||
[[Category:African Villains]] | [[Category:African Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Rwanda]] | [[Category:Rwanda]] | ||