Books from Rwanda
22 popular rwandan books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Africa Challenge" were written by authors from Rwanda.
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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza EN
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Presents the true story of a woman who endures the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda and turns to prayer for strength, love, and forgiveness.
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Miracle in Kigali: The Rwandan Genocide - a survivor's journey by Illuminée Nganemariya EN
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By a seeming miracle, Illuminee Nganemariya, a young Tutsi bride and her newborn son Roger survived the 1994 attempt by Rwanda's Hutu extremists to wipe their Tutsi neighbours from the face of the earth. Illuminee existed for 100 days in the living hell of Kigali, Rwanda's capital, after watching her husband being dragged away to be killed by friends who had celebrated their wedding with them a month earlier. Then she embarked on a horrific journey through the Genocide with Roger strapped to her back. At any moment a wrong move would have seen them join the 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus wh... continue
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Miraculée : Une découverte de Dieu au coeur du génocide rwandais by Immaculée Ilibagiza FR
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En avril 1994 commence le génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda. Le 7 avril, Immaculée Ilibagiza quitte la maison pour se réfugier chez le pasteur du village mais ne reverra jamais ses parents et son frère adorés. Le nom d'Immaculée figure sur une liste de morts. Des centaines de Hutus ont une priorité : la trouver et la tuer. Cachée dans une minuscule salle de bains durant quatre-vingt-onze jours, elle prie sans relâche et remet sa vie et celle de ses sept compagnes entre les mains de dieu. Dans ce témoignage bouleversant, les miracles qui jalonnent le parcours de la jeune femme frappent autant que l... continue
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Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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Introducing Scholastique Mukasonga to the UK: a major international author and her brilliant and award-winning first novel.
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Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga FR
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A sharp and playful critique of colonialism from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature, animated by memories, archival specters, and powerful women “In sentences of great beauty and restraint, Mukasonga rescues a million souls from the collective noun ‘genocide,’ returning them to us as individual human beings.” — Zadie Smith In a 4-part narrative brimming with historical asides, alluring anecdotes, and murky questions left in the margins of colonial records, Sister Deborah heralds “a life that is more alive” as it explores the tensions and myths of Rwanda’s past. When time-worn ances... continue
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Surviving the Slaughter : The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire by Marie Beatrice Umutesi EN
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In this firsthand account of inexplicable brutality, day-to-day suffering, and survival, Marie Beatrice Umutesi sheds light on ""the other genocide"" that targeted the Hutu refugees of Rwanda after the victory of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994. Umutesi's documentation of these years provides the world a history that is still widely unknown. Available in English for the first time, this poignant autobiography is more than a testimony to the lives and humanity lost; it is a call for those responsible for the atrocious crimes - and the devastating silence - to be held accountable.
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The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga EN
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from the violence encroaching upon them in pre-genocide Rwanda. Recording her memories of their life together in spare, wrenching prose, Mukasonga preserves her mother's voice in a haunting work of art.
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The Boy who Met Jesus : Segatashya of Kibeho by Immaculée Ilibagiza EN
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It's the greatest story never told: that of a boy who met Jesus and dared to ask him all the questions that have consumed mankind since the dawn of time. No matter what one's faith or religious beliefs are, Segatashya's words will bring comfort and joy.
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The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije EN
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"Reminiscent of Zadie Smith and Michael Chabon, this ... coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda during the Civil War and make sense of his reality"--