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Surviving the Slaughter The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire Marie Béatrice Umutesi Translated by Julia Emerson Foreword by Catharine Newbury Women in Africa and the Diaspora Stanlie James and Aili Mari Tripp, Series Editors "Testimony so powerful and moving that it reaches an unintended literary greatness." —Jan Vansina, African Studies Review In this firsthand account of inexplicable brutality, day-to-day suffering, and survival, Marie Béatrice Umutesi sheds light on "the other genocide" that targeted the Hutu refugees of Rwanda after the victory of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994. Umutesi's documentation of these years provides the world a history that is still widely unknown. Available in English for the first time, this poignant autobiography is more than a testimony to the lives and humanity lost; it is a call for those responsible for the atrocious crimes-and the devastating silence-to be held accountable. "Umutesi helps us better understand the fear that has fueled a history of violence between both Tutsi and Hutu . . . and the utter failure of the international organizations, governments, and media to tell the truth about this genocide." —Aili Mari Tripp, series editor "Umutesi's personal account of the bloody ethnic confrontations between Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda and neighboring Zaire, culminating in the 1994 slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutus. . . . Compelling." —Publishers Weekly Marie Béatrice Umutesi worked with women's associations in Byumba, Rwanda, until she was forced to flee to Zaire in 1994. She is currently working on rural development projects in Cameroon. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

October 2004 LC: 2004012634 DT 284 pp.    6 x 9 4 maps Paper $24.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-20494-5 ADD TO CART "Passages of Umutesi's book rank with some of the most effective antiwar literature of the twentieth century." —Nicolas van de Walle, Foreign Affairs

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