Amata Inès Giramata (born 29 January 1996), is a Rwandan

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and

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. She is the founder and chief executive of ''Sistah Circle'', "a black feminist and womanist grass roots community dedicated to black women's lives and narratives told through radical love and storytelling", as described by Giramata, herself.

Background and education

Giramata was born in Rwanda on 29 January 1996. She is the first born in a family of four sisters and one brother. She attended ''La Colombiere School'' for her primary school training. She then transferred to Uganda, joining ''St. Mary's College Kitende'', in

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. She completed her high school education at ''Green Hills Academy'', in

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, Rwanda's capital city, in May 2013. She joined

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, in the American state of

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, later the same year. In 2017, she graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in Development Economics and Policy, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. As of August 2019, Giramata is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Gender and Women's Studies from the

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in the United States.

Career

Despite her young age, Giramata's public performing experience stretches back to 2014, at the age of 18 years when she performed at the ''20th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi'' in

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, in the United States and at the ''20th Liberation Day'' at

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, in

, Rwanda, in 2014. She also performed at the ''2015 Rwanda Day'' in

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, United States. On 4 July 2019, she was the lead spoken word performer at the ''25th Liberation Day Celebrations'' at Amahoro Stadium, in Kigali.

Publications

Journey of a 21st Century Queen
As of 20 March 2019.

References

External links

Giramata On Her Budding Career As A Poet

At Age 23, Giramata (Class of 2017), "Is Considered One of The Lading Poets" In Rwanda
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Background and education

Career

Publications

See also

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