First published 1998
When the Rwandan government calls on Hutus to slaughter Tutsis, 800,000 people are killed in just 100 days. A Tutsi pastor's letter to his Hutu church president, containing the phrase "we will be killed with our families," frames this unflinching account of the genocide's horror and aftermath. Intimate portraits show Rwandans coping with displacement, revenge, and the daunting challenge of forging a cohesive society from perpetrators and victims.
Genres: history, 20th-century, african-literature, non-fiction, 21st-century, africa
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: social-justice, true-story
Setting: Rwanda
Period: Civil War, 1994
356 pages · Paperback · Picador
Content warnings: death, violence