Provides a historical perspective on the African nation of Rwanda in an effort to explain the events that led to the massacre of 800,000 of its citizens and subsequent cholera epidemic and refugee crisis.
three Rwandan journalists, their trial for war crimes, and a nation's quest for redemption
Temple-Raston, Dina
2005
Chronicles the events surrounding the 1994 Rwandan genocide, focusing on the role the media played in the killings and tracing the rise and fall of three media executives who played a key role in the violence.
Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt, in Rwanda to make a film on the local AIDS epidemic, falls in love with Gentille, a beautiful hotel waitress, and the two become tragically caught up in the 1994 Hutu-led genocide against the Tutsi people.
Traces the history of the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa, providing information on the region's first human settlement, the formation of kingdoms around the sources of the Nine, and the impact colonizers had on the area.
"This is a story from the Rwanda of 1994. Life was difficult enough in Rwanda for a boy in the early 1990s, and Faustin's father did not make it any easier with inexplicable rules and dark secrets. Teachers at school began to emphasize the division between the Tutsis and Hutus, a division that made its way to the soccer field"--Back cover.
Chronicles the atrocities that took place in Rwanda in 1994. Includes eyewitness accounts of the genocide from people who witnessed it firsthand, from Tutsi survivors to the diplomats on the scene who struggled to convey the severity of the crisis to their superiors in Washington.
