In 1994, the Rwanda government began killing its Tutsi minority people and 800,000 were murdered. Gourevitch details the genocide's background and aftermath.
Tutsi (African people)
- Author:Gourevitch, PhilipSummary:
- Author:Mukasonga, ScholastiqueSummary:
In these five autobiographical stories, the author renders a glorious Rwanda from the obliterating force of recent history, summoning phantom memories of her home that radiate with the fierce ache of a survivor.
- Author:Combres, ElisabethSummary:
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society selection. Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow...