We Cannot Forget - (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights) by Samuel Totten (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- During a one-hundred-day period in 1994, Hutus murdered between half a million and a million Tutsi in Rwanda.
- About the Author: SAMUEL TOTTEN is a scholar of genocide studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
- 224 Pages
- History, Africa
- Series Name: Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights
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About the Book
During a one-hundred-day period in 1994, Hutus murdered between half a million and a million Tutsi in Rwanda. The numbers are staggering; the methods of killing were unspeakable. Utilizing personal interviews with trauma survivors living in Rwandan cities, towns, and dusty villages, We Cannot Forget relates what happened during this period and what their lives were like both prior to and following the genocide.
Through powerful stories that are at once memorable, disturbing, and informative, readers gain a critical sense of the tensions and violence that preceded the genocide, how it erupted and was carried out, and what these people faced in the first sixteen years following the genocide.
Book Synopsis
During a one-hundred-day period in 1994, Hutus murdered between half a million and a million Tutsi in Rwanda. The numbers are staggering; the methods of killing were unspeakable. Utilizing personal interviews with trauma survivors living in Rwandan cities, towns, and dusty villages, We Cannot Forget relates what happened during this period and what their lives were like both prior to and following the genocide.
Through powerful stories that are at once memorable, disturbing, and informative, readers gain a critical sense of the tensions and violence that preceded the genocide, how it erupted and was carried out, and what these people faced in the first sixteen years following the genocide.
Review Quotes
"What the editors have done here will be an invaluable resource for anyone who is dedicated to the prevention of future genocides. Without doubt, this is a valuable resource for scholars who want direct access to the genocide as it happened on the ground."
-- "Peace and Justice Studies" (12/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
SAMUEL TOTTEN is a scholar of genocide studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He was a Fulbright Scholar in 2008 at the National University of Rwanda during which he created the Master's Degree in Genocide Studies. His most recent publication is The Oral and Documentary History of the Darfur Genocide. RAFIKI UBALDO is a journalist and independent scholar of genocide studies. A survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, he has served as an advisor for the implementation of the Master of Art's Degree in Genocide Studies at the National University of Rwanda.
