Rwanda Where Souls Turn To Dust

Author : Patrick Habamenshi Um'Khonde,Um'Khonde Patrick Habamenshi
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781440160837

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Rwanda, Where Souls Turn to Dust by Patrick Habamenshi Um'Khonde,Um'Khonde Patrick Habamenshi Pdf

The author, Um'Khonde Patrick Habamenshi, was appointed Minister of Agriculture in Rwanda in October 2003, two days after his thirty-fifth birthday. It started as a dream but rapidly became a nightmare marked by constant threats, insults, and unfounded accusations. He resigned in May 2005 and sought refuge in the Canadian Embassy in Kigali. The following year was a slow downward spiral to the same hell that decimated Rwanda in 1994, a hell of injustice and senseless persecution. The experience left him broken beyond words. He was left with the demons and ghosts of his broken country and with tortured experiences that would surely destroy him if he succumbed to them. Rwanda, Where Souls Turn to Dust is the remarkable story of his healing path to rebuilding his mind, body and spirit. He had to move away from the negative things that had been dominating his life, the loss of his loved ones, and the loss of his previous dreams. He rebuilt his life from the ashes of his old life in Rwanda, a life free of hatred, free of prejudice, and free of fears.

Author : Filip Reyntjens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107043558

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Political Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda by Filip Reyntjens Pdf

Filip Reyntjens's new book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the RPF has employed various means - rigged elections, elimination of opposition parties and civil society, legislation outlawing dissenting opinions, and terrorism - to consolidate power and perpetuate its position as the nation's ruling party. Although many international observers have hailed Rwanda as a "success story" for its technocratic governance, societal reforms, and economic development, Reyntjens complicates this picture by casting light on the regime's human rights abuses, social engineering projects, information management schemes, and retributive justice system.

Author : Samuel Totten,William Spencer Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415871914

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Centuries of Genocide by Samuel Totten,William Spencer Parsons Pdf

The fourth edition of Centuries of Genocide: Essays and Eyewitness Accounts addresses examples of genocides perpetrated in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Each chapter of the book is written by a recognized expert in the field, collectively demonstrating a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. The book is framed by an introductory essay that spells out definitional issues, as well as the promises, complexities, and barriers to the prevention and intervention of genocide. To help the reader learn about the similarities and differences among the various cases, each case is structured around specific leading questions. In every chapter authors address: Who committed the genocide? How was the genocide committed? Why was the genocide committed? Who were the victims? What were the outstanding historical forces? What was the long-range impact? What were the responses? How do scholars interpret this genocide? How does learning about this genocide contribute to the field of study? While the material in each chapter is based on sterling scholarship and wide-ranging expertise of the authors, eyewitness accounts give voice to the victims. This book is an attempt to provoke the reader into understanding that learning about genocide is important and that we all have a responsibility not to become immune to acts of genocide, especially in the interdependent world in which we live today. Revision highlights include: New chapters on genocide of Native Americans in the nineteenth century, genocide in Australia, and genocide in the Nuba Mountains New chapter authors on Herero genocide and Rwanda genocide Consolidation of the 3 chapters on the Holocaust into one focused case Several chapters from past editions that were omitted are now available on a companion website (Indonesia, Burundi, indigenous peoples)

Author : Anders Themnér
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783602513

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Warlord Democrats in Africa by Anders Themnér Pdf

Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to compete through ballots rather than bullets. A byproduct of this process, however, is that military leaders often become an integral part of the new democratic system, using resources and networks generated from the previous war to dominate the emerging political landscape. The crucial and thus-far overlooked question to be addressed, therefore, is what effect the inclusion of ex-militaries into electoral politics has on post-war security. Can 'warlord democrats' make a positive contribution by shepherding their wartime constituencies to support the building of peace and democracy, or are they likely to use their electoral platforms to sponsor political violence and keep war-affected communities mobilized through aggressive discourses? This important volume, containing a wealth of fresh empirical detail and theoretical insight, and focussing on some of Africa's most high-profile political figures – from Paul Kagame to Riek Machar to Afonso Dhlakama – represents a crucial intervention in the literature of post-war democratization.

Author : Andrew Brown
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770201491

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Inyenzi by Andrew Brown Pdf

From the moment he sees the beautiful Selena in the seminary grounds, the gates of Melchior’s world are thrown open to love and pain. A Hutu priest, Melchior’s love for the Tutsi woman is forbidden by his church, and stands in opposition to the ethnic hatred that will tear Rwanda apart in the 1994 genocide. In the eyes of the Hutu extremists, such as his childhood friend Victor, she is nothing but a cockroach - an inyenzi - that must be crushed. In the chilling events leading up to the killing spree, the fates of the three characters become increasingly intertwined, and childhood bonds, love, faith and self-sacrifice are pushed to the limit. Heartbreaking, riveting and powerful, Inyenzi captures the innocence of first love, the beauty of Rwanda and the horror of the genocide in a stirring narrative that will be remembered long after the final page has been read.

Author : Véronique Tadjo
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478629535

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The Shadow of Imana by Véronique Tadjo Pdf

As evidence emerged of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the outside world reeled in shock. What could have motivated these individual and collective acts of evil? In 1998, Véronique Tadjo traveled to Rwanda to try to find out. She started with the premise that what happened in Rwanda concerns us all: “We need to understand. Our humanity is in peril.” The Shadow of Imana is a reminder that humankind the world over is capable of genocide. Records of what the author saw—sites of massacres, corpses, weapons dumps—are combined with personal stories of traumatized returnees, bereaved survivors, rape victims, orphans, lawyers faced with the impossible task of doing justice, prisoners. But Tadjo’s story goes beyond mere reportage of death and cruelty. Her poetically wrought account incorporates traditional tales, explores the spiritual legacy of the genocide, and uncovers a healing vitality as well as a commitment to forgiveness. Véronique Tadjo was born in Paris and grew up in Côte d’Ivoire. The Shadow of Imana has been translated from the French by Véronique Wakerley.

Author : Rutagengwa, Jean Bosco
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781608337767

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Love Prevails by Rutagengwa, Jean Bosco Pdf

"Twenty-five years ago in April 1994, a savage campaign of genocide was unleashed against the Tutsis of Rwanda. The violence of a hundred days left as many as a million people dead. This personal narrative tells the story of two survivors--Jean Bosco and his fiancée Christine. While most of their family members perished, they managed to escape to what is now famous as the Hotel Rwanda. Their story of survival is at once a love story and a harrowing inside look at what happens when a country is overrun by evil. But it is also a story of faith--an effort to find God in the midst of horror--and of their subsequent struggles to find meaning, healing, and reconciliation"--

Author : Zinhle Dlamini
Publisher : Partridge Africa
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781482860597

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Before Her Innocence Was Removed by Zinhle Dlamini Pdf

Many know that 800,000 people were killed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and many others displaced. However, not many know who the survivors are and how they were affected. This book puts a face to the genocide. In 1994, Solomon Surwumwe was a twenty-one-year-old lad who knew no evil and saw no evil of his beloved country Rwanda. That is why the genocide took him by surprise. For two weeks, he sought refuge at the Akagera National Park, a game reserve with wild animals roaming freely. One day, just before dawn, he was woken up by hysterical screams. It was his neighbour wrestling against a leopard which had caught him in his sleep. By that time, the attackers had also caught on that there were people hiding at the park. Solomon contemplated which was the better way to die—to be devoured to death by wild animals like his neighbour or have a machete plunged in his body. He chose to live.

Author : Marie Beatrice Umutesi
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299204938

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Surviving the Slaughter by Marie Beatrice Umutesi Pdf

Though the world was stunned by the horrific massacres of Tutsi by the Hutu majority in Rwanda beginning in April 1994, there has been little coverage of the reprisals that occurred after the Tutsi gained political power. During this time hundreds of thousands of Hutu were systematically hunted and killed. Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire is the eyewitness account of Marie Béatrice Umutesi. She tells of life in the refugee camps in Zaire and her flight across 2000 kilometers on foot. During this forced march, far from the world’s cameras, many Hutu refugees were trampled and murdered. Others died from hunger, exhaustion, and sickness, or simply vanished, ignored by the international community and betrayed by humanitarian organizations. Amidst this brutality, day-to-day suffering, and desperate survival, Umutesi managed to organize the camps to improve the quality of life for women and children. In this first-hand account of inexplicable brutality, day-to-day suffering, and survival, Marie Béatrice Umutesi sheds light on a backlash of violence that targeted the Hutu refugees of Rwanda after the victory of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994. Umutesi’s documentation of the flight and terror of these years provides the world a veritable account of a history that is still widely unknown. After translations from its original French into three other languages, this important book is available in English for the first time. It is more than a testimony to the lives and humanity lost; it is a call for those politicians, military personnel, and humanitarian organizations responsible for the atrocious crimes—and the devastating silence—to be held accountable.

Author : Immaculée Ilibagiza,Steve Erwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Catholics
ISBN : OCLC:1392426261

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Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza,Steve Erwin Pdf

Author : ILLUMINEE. NGANEMARIYA
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995618798

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MIRACLE IN KIGALI by ILLUMINEE. NGANEMARIYA Pdf

Author : Organization of African Unity. International Panel of Eminent Personalities to Investigate the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda and the Surrounding Events
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Genocide
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123588225

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Rwanda by Organization of African Unity. International Panel of Eminent Personalities to Investigate the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda and the Surrounding Events Pdf

Author : Immaculée Ilibagiza
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Christian life
ISBN : UOM:39015074062178

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Led by Faith by Immaculée Ilibagiza Pdf

Describes the author's experience of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, her attempts to find meaning in the aftermath of the violence, the solace she found in religion, and her eventual move to the United States.

Author : Hugh McCullum
Publisher : World Council of Churches
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060849018

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The Angels Have Left Us by Hugh McCullum Pdf

Following the massacres that decimated Rwanda in 1994, the author carried out hundreds of interviews in the country and elsewhere with government, military and United Nations officials, pastors and church leaders, survivors, refugees and displaced people. This book focuses on the part played in these events by churches in Rwanda, throughout Africa and around the world -- sometimes a story of heroism and self-sacrifice, but too often one of cowardice, ethnocentrism and corruption. The author analyses the roots of the tragedy, looks at the future of a shattered church in a shattered country, and poses hard questions about what the church and the ecumenical family should do in a world where poverty, oppression and hatred are creating many potential Rwandas. On the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, this book has been reissued, with a new preface and Afterword.

Author : Louise Mushikiwabo,Jack Kramer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429907316

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Rwanda Means the Universe by Louise Mushikiwabo,Jack Kramer Pdf

Mushikiwabo is a Rwandan working as a translator in Washington when she learns that most of her family back home has been killed in a conspiracy meticulously planned by the state. First comes shock, then aftershock, three months of it, during which her worst fears are confirmed: The same state apparatus has duped millions of Rwandans into butchering nearly a million of their neighbors. Years earlier, her brother Lando wrote her a letter she never got until now. Urged on by it, she rummages into their farm childhood, and into family corners alternately dark, loving, and humorous. She searches for stray mementos of the lost, then for their roots. What she finds is that and more---hints, roots, of the 1994 crime that killed her family. Her narrative takes the reader on a journey from the days the world and Rwanda discovered each other back to colonial period when pseudoscientific ideas about race put the nation on a highway bound for the 1994 genocide. Seven years of full-time collaboration by two writers---and the faith of family and friends---went into this emotionally charged work. Rwanda Means the Universe is at once a celebration of the lives of the lost and homage to their past, but it's no comfortable tribute. It's an expression of dogged hope in the face of modern evil.