Narrating Itsembabwoko

Description:

"This book is about the idea of a testimony of genocide by narratives including fiction and storytelling and testimonies about the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994"--Preface. Includes discussions of Aîné des orphelins, by Tierno Monénembo; Moisson de crânes, by Abdourahman Waberi; Murambi, le livre des ossements, by Boubacar Boris Diop; Ombre d'Imana, by Véronique Tadjo; Murekatete, by Monique Ilboudo; La phalène des collines, by Koulsy Lamko; Le feu sous la soutane, by Benjamin Sehene; Inyenzi ou les cafards, by Scholastique Mukasonga; and, Shake hands with the devil, by Roméo Dallaire.

subjects: Genocide,  Genocide in literature,  History,  African literature (French),  History and criticism