Rwandan Genocide Survivors Debut Africa-Inspired Designs at New York Fashion Week

When fashion designers Reuben and Lévi Uwi returned to Kenya for the first time in 17 years, they were in search of inspiration for designs to debut at New York Fashion Week—a stark contrast to their last trip to the country, when their family sought sanctuary from the shocking violence in Rwanda. In April 1994, the 7-year-old twins and their family packed up the car, drove to Congo, then flew to Kenya, fleeing the carnage in their homeland that would leave more than 800,000 Rwandans dead in just 100 days.