Aimable is Immaculée’s oldest brother, and the only other member of her immediate family who survives the genocide. He is quiet, reflective, and mature beyond his years. He is conducting postgraduate research on a scholarship in Senegal during the genocide, and thus he escapes the killings. He and Immaculée eventually reunite, although they are not at first able to talk about what happened. He works as a veterinarian and settles in Kigali with his wife and child.