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Here are just a few of the many books written about Rwanda. Most of these titles I found on Amazon.com. I also found this online Bibliography useful. Not all of the books are available online however where possible I have added links to enable you to buy them.

Bios

Land of a Thousand Hills : My Life in Rwanda by Rosamond Carr. I know at least some members of our contingent met this remarkable woman who has run an orphanage in Rwanda for years.

Fiction

Pagan Babies - a fiction book by Elmore Leonard.
Comment: Not a bad book. Only the first section is set in Rwanda 5 years post genocide however the familiarity of the names and some of the stories takes you back.

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
Comment: This book is brilliant. Although set in the Congo in the early 60s it provides great background reading on the mess the Western World has made in this part of Africa. A must read.

Speak Rwanda - Julian R. Pierce. A fictional exploration of the genocide in Rwanda, using first person narrators.

Read Tracy's Review

Non-Fiction

The Genocide

Aiding Violence : The Development Enterprise in Rwanda - by Peter Uvin. An account of Western Aid in Rwanda and its effects on the Genocide.

A People Betrayed : The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide by Linda Melverne.

Genocide in Rwanda : A Collective Memory - John A. Berry and Carol Pott Berry. Interviews with survivors of the Genocide.

Leave None to Tell the Story : Genocide in Rwanda by Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges. According to the review the " Most extensive,authoritative account of this genocide"

Me Against My Brother : At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda - a wandering journalist view of Africa in the 90s, by Scott Peterson

Rwanda and Genocide in the Twentieth Century - by Alain Destexhe, Secretary General of Doctors Without Borders, and colleagues.

The Rwanda Crisis - by Gerard Prunier. An analysis from afar.

Season of Blood : A Rwandan Journey by Feargal Keane, an Irish journalist in country during the genocide.

The Shallow Graves of Rwanda - account of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Rwanda in the mid 1990s, Shaharyar M. Khan. "This book reveals how the UN works on the ground and at headquarters." Should make interesting reading!

Silent over Africa : Stories of War and Genocide by James Schofield. A journalists travels in Africa in the early 90s. As well as Rwanda it covers Somalia, Sudan and Zaire.

Touched by Fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World Crisis - an NGO perspective, by Elliott Leyton and Greg Locke.

The UN and Rwanda, 1993 - 1996 - by Bou Bou (Boutros Boutros-Ghali)

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch Buy it at Amazon.com

Recent Events

Rwanda: The Insurgency in the Northwest - African Rights Publications about the ongoing violence

Photographs

Enfants du Rwanda - a photographic account of a "Pharmaciens sans Frontières" worker's experiences at a Rwandan orphanage in 1994.

Postcards from Hell - Rwandan Portfolio - great pics from a photo journalist who spends his time in the world's hotspots

Rwanda: My trip to the underworld, June 1997

Rwanda - the Australian Contingent 1994-95 by Gavin Fry. The photographic story of our time in Rwanda. Produced by the Australian Army.

The Silence - a book of photographs on the genocide. This site takes you to an interview with the Author.

Poetry

Ejo: Poems, Rwanda, 1991-1994 (Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry) by Derick Burleson. Poetry of an English teacher in Rwanda. Ejo means "yesterday and tomorrow".

Videos

Rwanda Series - National Film Board of Canada

Genocide on Trial - documentary on the ICTR

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