Choosing Resilience

Judence Kayitesi is a Rwandan–German author, educator, and founder of Inzozi Publisher. Her work focuses on memory, identity, belonging, and the emotional journeys of individuals who live between cultures. With a strong narrative voice and a deep commitment to truth-telling, she writes stories that bridge personal experience and collective history. Kayitesi is the author of several acclaimed works, including A Broken Life, Resilience is a Choice, Unity Quest, and Letters to Forever. Her writing has been recognized for its emotional depth and its ability to speak to both individual readers and wider community conversations around healing and cross-cultural understanding. In addition to her writing, Kayitesi is trained as an early childhood educator and workshop facilitator. She develops programs that engage youth and families in dialogue around resilience, heritage, and rebuilding identity after trauma. She works actively within the Rwandan diaspora and educational communities in Germany. She currently lives in Germany with her family, where she continues to write, teach, speak, and build spaces for connection through literature and storytelling.
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Judence Kayitesi is a Rwandan-German author, survivor, and founder of Inzozi Publisher. She lives in Germany, where she works as an early childhood educator and leads workshops for young people, focusing on unity, resilience, and storytelling. Her writing is deeply rooted in her personal history as a survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Through her books, she transforms memory into strength and gives voice to stories that must never be forgotten. Her work connects pain with hope and helps readers—especially young people—understand difficult histories while building empathy and courage. Judence is the author of several books, including A Broken Life, Unity Quest, and A Bridge Between Worlds, which received the Storyteller Award Ettlingen 2025. Her work often explores themes of identity, belonging, love, and healing across cultures. Beyond writing, she is actively engaged in education, remembrance, and community work. She speaks at international events, leads reading workshops, and uses storytelling as a tool for peace and learning. Through her voice and her books, Judence Kayitesi continues to inspire a new generation to remember, to grow, and to choose resilience.
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