Life and death in Nyamata
Subtitle: memoir of a young boy in Rwanda's darkest church
By: Omar Ndizeye
Publisher: Amsterdam Publishers
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9789493056480; 9789496056497
Subjects: Childhood and youth; Genocide survivors; Biography; Genocide; History; Tutsi (African people); Crimes against; Atrocities; Rwandan Genocide, Rwanda, 1994; Personal narratives; Survivants de génocides; Biographies; Tutsi (Peuple d'Afrique); Crimes contre; Histoire
Description: "Omar Ndizeye was ten years old when the genocide against the Tutsi that shook the world began in Rwanda in April 1994. His story starts with reflections on a happy childhood, before Omar goes on to share the painful memories of the shocking moments when his father, young brother and other members of his beloved family and community were slaughtered right before his eyes. Life and Death in Nyamata is a memoir that brings the reader to an unimaginable place of fear and disbelief, when at any moment life could end. Yet Omar manages to tell his story with a sense of gratitude and joy at being alive. Journey with Omar as he vividly describes the days preceding the genocide, his escape into the hills of Bugesera, and days of survival believing in the strength of the human spirit to live a life of hope beyond fear, pain and loss."--Amazon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Iwacu; title: My childhood; title: Nyirarukobwa; title: The persecution of 1990s; title: Habyarimanna has died!; title: Going to Karambi Hill; title: Ephemeral hope; title: A nightmare in the church of Nyamata; title: A lost boy on Kayumba Hill; title: Life in Rwakibilizi; title: Returning to Kayumba Hill; title: Inkotanyi zaje!; title: A life of flashbacks; title: Ending with hope.