| Description |
xiii, 198 pages : map ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue Bloodlines -- ch. 1 Travellers -- ch. 2 Rebels -- ch. 3 Orphans -- ch. 4 Nyarubuye -- ch. 5 A Servant of the people -- ch. 6 Siege -- ch. 7 Borderlands -- ch. 8 Killers -- Epilogue Blood following -- A Chronology of genocide |
| Summary |
Contains primary source material |
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Fergal Keane, an Irish journalist, formerly BBC correspondent in South Africa, was sent in 1994 to cover the war in Rwanda that had left one million Tutsis dead, most of them gruesomely hacked to death by their Hutu neighbors. The power of this account lies in Keane's profound emotional shock at barely imaginable cruelty, and in the personal testimony of the survivors he interviewed. Keane also searches for meaning. Like many familiar with Africa, he rejects the too easy explanation of "tribal hatred," with its assumption that the problem is intractable and internal. He emphasizes instead the economic and class disparities driving a political bloodlust, reminiscent perhaps of revolutionary France. Even though understanding such atrocity seems out of reach, Keane bears eloquent witness to evil |
| Notes |
First published by Viking 1995 |
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English |
| Subject |
Keane, Fergal -- Travel -- Rwanda.
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Genocide -- Rwanda.
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Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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Tutsi (African people) -- Crimes against -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Rwanda -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000284
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116783
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000214 -- Personal narratives, British.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001715
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Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000214
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Rwanda -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005003682
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| ISBN |
0140247602 (paperback) |
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