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Language
English
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"Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide reveals what really went on at the famed Hotel des Mille Collines. In 2004, the Academy Award–nominated movie Hotel Rwanda lionized hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina for single-handedly saving the lives of all who sought refuge in the Hôtel des Mille Collines during the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Because of the film, the real-life Rusesabagina has been compared to Oskar Schindler. In this first-person...
6) Kinyarwanda
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Six stories intertwine as Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis come together to protect each other amidst the chaos of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.