Amata Giramata
Rwandan poet and activist
Amata Inès Giramata (born 29 January 1996), is a Rwandan poet, blogger, feminist and community organizer. 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 Wakiso District. She completed her high school education at Green Hills Academy, in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, in May 2013. She joined DePauw University, in the American state of Indiana, 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.
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