At age three many members of her family were killed in the power struggles following independence .
Nyiramilimo , an ethnic Tutsi , was born in Kinunu , Gisenyi prefecture , the seventeenth of her father 's eighteen children , born to his second wife .
At age three many members of Nyiramilimo 's family were killed in the power struggles following independence .
Nyiramilimo , an ethnic Tutsi , was born in Kinunu , Gisenyi prefecture , the seventeenth of her father 's eighteen children , born to his second wife .