Books set in Rwanda (22)
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All your children, scattered by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse EN
RwandaDescription:
WINNER OF THE PRIX ÉTHIOPHILE, THE PRIX DES RACINES ET DES MOTS, AND THE PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse's debut novel follows three generations torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsis, as they try to reconnect with one another, rebuild broken relationships, and find their place in today's world. Blanche returns to Rwanda after building a life in Bordeaux with her husband and young son, Stokely. Reuniting with her mother Immaculata, old wounds are reopened for both mother and daughter while Stokely, caught between two countries, tries to understand whe... continue
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Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin EN
ZambiaDescription:
"Baking Cakes in Kigali" is a novel about the real meaning of reconciliation - about how, in the aftermath of tragedy, life goes on and people still manage to find reasons to celebrate.
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Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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Mukasonga unsparingly resurrects the horrors of the Rwandan geocide while lyrically recording the quieter moments of daily life with her family—a moving tribute to all those who are displaced, who suffer. Mukasonga’s extraordinary, lyrical, and heartbreaking book … is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about the endurance of the human spirit and who hopes for a better world. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Los Angeles Review of Books Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is a compelling chronicle of the author’s childhood in the years leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In a spare and pen... continue
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Coeur tambour by Scholastique Mukasonga FR
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"Personne ne savait plus trop qui était cette présumée princesse africaine appelée Nyabinghi. Son nom était venu s'échouer sur les plages de la Jamaïque en d'étranges circonstances... Le 12 décembre 1935, peu de temps avant l'invasion de l'Ethiopie par l'Italie fasciste, paraissait dans le journal Jamaïca Times un article intitulé "Une société secrète pour détruire les Blancs" : vingt millions de nègres, au nom d'une mystérieuse reine appelée Nya-Binghi, allaient déferler sur l'Europe et l'Amérique, Nya-Binghi signifiant "mort aux Blancs". Les rastas, qui adoptèrent le nom de nyabinghi, n'avai... continue
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Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
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Presents thirteen years of field research on the endangered mountain gorilla of the African rain forest.
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Harvest of Skulls by Abdourahman A. Waberi EN
DjiboutiDescription:
In 1994, the akazu, Rwandan's political elite, planned the genocidal mass slaughter of 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi and Hutu who lived in the country. Given the failure of the international community to acknowledge the genocide, in 1998, ten African authors visited Rwanda in a writing initiative that was an attempt to make partial amends. In this multidimensional novel, Abdourahman A. Waberi claims, "Language remains inadequate in accounting for the world and all its turpitudes, words can never be more than unstable crutches, staggering along . . . And yet, if we want to hold on to a glimmer of ... continue
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Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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The stories in Igifu summon phantom memories of Rwanda and radiate with the fierce ache of a survivor. From the National Book Award finalist who Zadie Smith says, "rescues a million souls from the collective noun genocide." Scholastique Mukasonga's autobiographical stories rend a glorious Rwanda from the obliterating force of recent history, conjuring the noble cows of her home or the dew-swollen grass they graze on. In the title story, five-year-old Colomba tells of a merciless overlord, hunger or igifu, gnawing away at her belly. She searches for sap at the bud of a flower, scraps of sweet p... continue
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Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story ... and Why It Matters Today by Edouard Kayihura EN
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In 2004, the Academy Award–nominated movie Hotel Rwanda lionized hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina for single-handedly saving the lives of all who sought refuge in the Hotel des Milles Collines during Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Because of the film, the real-life Rusesabagina has been compared to Oskar Schindler, but unbeknownst to the public, the hotel's refugees don't endorse Rusesabagina's version of the events. In the wake of Hotel Rwanda's international success, Rusesabagina is one of the most well-known Rwandans and now the smiling face of the very Hutu Power groups who dr... continue
