Thirty years after the Rwandan genocide, Dorcy Rugamba - actor, author and director and a major figure of the Rwandan cultural scene - brings to life an extract from his work Hewa Rwanda – Letter to the Absent, a profoundly moving tale of his family, culture and spirituality. In tandem with Senegalese multi-instrumentalist and singer Majnun, Rugamba presents a musical reading from his memoir, an ode to immeasurable loss and love. “How can one grasp the full dimension of an event that wiped out more than a million people?” he asks. He remains as close as possible to those who are absent, honours their memory and lives, and explores the world of before in search of its beauty and poetry. Rugamba creates a moving account, transporting the audience with his writing and a voice of rare intensity.