Surviving the Slaughter The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire

Name: Surviving the Slaughter The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire
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ISBN: 9780299204945

ISBN-10: 0299204944

ISBN-13: 9780299204945

Edition: 2004

Authors: Marie Bï¿½atrice Umutesi, Catharine Newbury, Catharine Newbury

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nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Though the world was stunned by the horrific massacres of Tutsi by the Hutu majority in Rwanda beginning in April 1994, there has been little coverage of the reprisals that occurred after the Tutsi gained political power. During this time hundreds of thousands of Hutu were systematically hunted and killed. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire is the eyewitness account of Marie Béatrice Umutesi. She tells of life in the refugee camps in Zaire and her flight across 2000 kilometers on foot. During this forced march, far from the world’s cameras, many Hutu refugees were trampled and murdered. Others died from hunger,…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 10/31/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Foreword


Author's Acknowledgments


Translator's Acknowledgments


Maps


Prologue



I Discover My Ethnic Identity



Increasing Violence



Descent into Hell



Survival in the Camps at Kivu



A Difficult Choice



Pursued Westward



Hunted by the Rebels and the RPF



The Death Camp at Tingi-Tingi



Hunger on the Road



My Life for Ten Dollars



The End of the Ordeal


Acronyms


Personal Chronology


Chronology of Political Events in Rwanda