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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 967.5710431092 EAN: 9780435910150 ISBN: 0435910159 Label: Heinemann Manufacturer: Heinemann Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: November 22, 2002 Publisher: Heinemann Studio: Heinemann Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide Along with nine other African Writers, Veronique Tadjo was invited to visit Rwanda to bear witness to the genocide that took place in 1994 wiping out one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus during a hundred days of barbaric violence. A poet and a storyteller, the author consistently achieves the right tone that challenges our preconceptions. From the unexpurgated story of a young woman reliving the horrors of the massacre to dialogues between strangers meeting across the past, and finally to her own reflections. Her prose alternates between raw and poetic, but always remains discreet, respectful and dignified. The one thing that comes through her narrative voice is a ray of hope. The translator Veronique Wakerley lectures in French at the University of Zimbabwe and is particularly interested in the literature of the first part of the twentieth century. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Important Literature of WitnessVéronique Tadjo writes about post-genocide Rwanda with a poet's senses and a journalist's grasp of detail. She witnesses gangs of orphans rummaging through the Kigali town dump, searching for anything hopeful. She discovers a new plague of AIDS, exacerbated by the epidemic of rapes during the troubles. She even visits Rilissa Prison, a place filled with accused génocidaires. Within the prison are seven thousand prisoners, isolated in sections, including Section 15, which houses two hundred and ... Read More 
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