"Rwanda Rwacu" (, french: "Notre Rwanda", italic=no, ) was the
national anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...
of
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
from 1962 to January 1, 2002, when it was replaced with "
Rwanda Nziza".
History
It was replaced on January 1, 2002, a few years after the
Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
.
Lyrics
References
{{National anthems of Africa
Historical national anthems
Music of Rwanda
National symbols of Rwanda
African anthems