Dorothée Munyaneza

Dorothée Munyaneza (born 1982) is a British-Rwandan singer, actress, dancer and choreographer. She has produced two performance pieces, Samedi Détente and Unwanted, both about the Genocide against the Tutsi.

Personal life Munyaneza was born in Rwanda. Her father is a pastor, and her mother is a journalist. Munyaneza, aged 12, settles with her family in the summer of 1994 after the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in England. There she studied at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle. Whilst studying, she met Christine Sigwart, founder of the Jonas Foundation, a charity that aims to help children of various backgrounds. She became interested in music, and studied music at the Jonas Foundation. Munyaneza studied music and social sciences at Canterbury Christ Church University. She now lives in Marseille, France, As a singer, she released her first solo album in 2010, which was produced by Martin Russell. In 2012, she collaborated with British composer James Seymour Brett to produce the album Earth Songs. and her own personal experience of the genocide. The work debuted in Nîmes, France.

In 2017, she produced Unwanted, her second work about the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Unwanted has a particular focus on women victims of rape and their conceived children. and also at the .