I'm not leaving
By: by Carl Wilkens
Publisher: C. Wilkens
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781450780803
Subjects: Personal narratives; History; Atrocities; Adventists; Biography; Genocide
Description: Why did Carl Wilkens decide to remain in Rwanda in 1994, with a genocide swirling around him? How did he and his wife Teresa maintain communication during the one-hundred days of terror when Tutsis were being hounded to death by Hutu militia extremists? How does the only American who chose to stay-in order to protect two Tutsi household workers-look back on that fearful time? Working from tapes made for his family, which chronicle daily events from the sublime to the horrific, Carl reconstructs in fascinating detail both personal and political events triggered by the April 6 plane crash assassination of the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi. He takes us through the poignant good-bye to his family, as they join the mass exodus of expatriates leaving this dangerous situation. He affirms his presence in the neighborhood he has known for four years, by standing barefoot in the middle of the dusty road, waving farewell.
Table of contents: title: Why stay; title: Warning signs; title: Memories from the first day; title: Their kids play with our kids; title: Convoy out; title: BBC World Service; title: Soldiers next door; title: Trapped at home; title: A matter of conscience; title: Heri; title: My first morning out; title: First afternoon out; title: First evening out; title: Dallaire and Doyle describe the battle; title: Hand over your workers; title: Heroic scrifices; title: A death threat; title: Sniper faucet; title: Nyamirabo rescue mission; title: Bicuits and a baby; title: Angelique; title: Triphine's eyes; title: The doctor's dump truck; title: The massacre is stopped; title: Dallaire and the UN pickup; title: Killers volunteer; title: Snipers; title: How did it end?; title: Epilogue.