A Voice in the Darkness: Memoir of a Rwandan Genocide Survivor
(To purchase an author signed copy visit www.avoiceinthedarkness.org) Jeanne's journey has been full of trials and tribulations. In April of 1994, the Rwandan government, aided by trained paramilitary…
Specifikacia A Voice in the Darkness: Memoir of a Rwandan Genocide Survivor
(To purchase an author signed copy visit www.avoiceinthedarkness.org) Jeanne's journey has been full of trials and tribulations. In April of 1994, the Rwandan government, aided by trained paramilitary militias and Hutu citizens, initiated an ethnic massacre aimed at eliminating the Tutsis. Just nine-years-old and a Tutsi herself, Jeanne faced a grave reality. Over the course of 100 days, she and her sisters were forced to survive in the wilderness with groups of bloodthirsty militiamen hunting them. After months of slaughter, she discovered nearly all her adult relatives including her parents, along with one million others were killed. Surviving the genocide was only the beginning. At 14 years old, Jeanne found herself in an American classroom learning a new language while carrying the deep wounds caused by the horror she witnessed and years of abuse as an orphan in Rwanda prior to