Hyppolite Ntigurirwa is an artist, activist, and founder of Be the Peace, an organisation focusing on the use of art to halt the intergenerational transmission of hate and to promote the power of cross-generational healing.

A child survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Hyppolite continues to promote reconciliation and peace throughout Rwanda. In 2019, he envisioned and conducted the “Be the Peace Walk,” a 100-day walk performance piece in which he walked across the country in commemoration of 25 years since the end of the genocide.

Hyppolite is an alumnus of Yale World Fellows Programme and a 2020/2021 Research Fellow at Schell Centre for International Human Rights at Yale University. Hyppolite was an international Artist in Residence with Arts Connect International in Boston in 2016. Since then he has worked as Arts Program Manager for the British Council in Rwanda, focusing on disability rights and societal inclusion until August 2020. He is a Peace Ambassador for One Young World, Peace Scholar and his work has been covered by global media including BBC, NPR, SABC, and Dutchwelle.