Into the Quick of Life - The Rwandan Genocide - The Survivors Speak (Paperback)

Five out of six Tutsis were hacked to death with machetes and spears by their Hutu neighbours. In the villages of Nyamata and N'tarama, where, in the first two days of the genocide, over 10,000 Tutsis were massacred in the churches where they sought refuge, Jean Hatzfeld interviewed some of the survivors. Of all ages, coming from different walks of life, from orphan teenage farmers to the local social worker, fourteen survivors talk of the genocide, the death of family and friends in the church and in the marshes of Bugesera to which they fled. They also talk of their present life and try to explain and understand the reasons behind the extermination. These horrific accounts of life at the very edge contrast with Hatzfeld's own sensitive and vivid descriptions of Rwanda's villages and countryside in peacetime. Into the quick of life brings us, in the author's own words, as close to the event as we can ever get.

General

Imprint:	Serpent's Tail
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2005
Authors:	Jean Hatzfeld
Translators:	Gerry Feehily
Dimensions:	220 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-85242-883-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Humanities > History > African history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide Books > History > African history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	1-85242-883-X
Barcode:	9781852428839

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