Gahima I
Gahima may refer to: * Kanyarwanda I Gahima I, a King of Rwanda * Gerald Gahima, a judge with the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina * Yuhi wa II Gahima II Yuhi wa II Gahima II was Mwami of the Kingdom of Rwanda The Kingdom of Rwanda was a kingdom in East Africa which grew to be ruled by a Tutsi monarchy. It was later annexed under German and Belgian colonial rule while retaining some of its aut ...

Kanyarwanda I Gahima I
Gahima I (also known as Kanyarwanda I, Kayima I, Ghem, Khem, Kakama, Khm among East Africans is recited by the Rwandan "Abiru" (cultural historians and griots) as one of the primal Mwami, or King of Rwanda supposedly after Gihanga's long reign around the Nile source and beyond. Gahima I is believed to be the general ancestral patriarch of the Tutsi and helped unite them with the Twa and the Hutu groups that all form the indigenous Rwandan society. It is not clear whether his reign took place in the location of modern-day Rwanda as variants of his name exist in other parts of East Africa such as Uganda and Tanzania and Egypt as Kayima and Kham where they claim him as their ancient king. He is also believed to be the Biblical Ham commonly cited as of the sons of Noah. Just as he is believed to be the grandson of Gihanga Gihanga I ("Creator", "Founder") is a Rwandan cultural hero described in oral histories as an ancient king popularly credited with establishing the ancient Kingdom o ...
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Gerald Gahima
Gerald Gahima is a judge with the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina and a leading figure in the Rwanda National Congress, a political group established in 2010 that represents the exiled opposition to the government of Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Beginning in 1996, he served as chief adviser in the Ministry of Justice. He later became Prosecutor General of Rwanda. Gahima has been in exile since falling out with Kagame, and was recently sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Rwandan court on charges that may have been politically motivated. He was a senior fellow at the United States Institute for Peace from 2006-2007. He is the author of "Transitional Justice in Rwanda: Accountability for Atrocity" published by Routledge in 2013, in which he draws on his experience in Rwanda's justice system to assess the ICTR The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; french: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; rw, Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyir ...
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