The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda (African Writers Series) (French Edition)
By Veronique Tadjo.
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...
ISBN(s)
0435910159, 9780435910150
