We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
by Philip Gourevitch
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Never Again, again (2008-02-23)
We now know the basic story. Hutu extremists killed Tutsis and the world ignored them. The “International Community” from President Clinton to the Red Cross ignored Rwanda and allowed it to happen.
In Gourevitch’s book, he looks not only at those months but also afterwards. The struggle and continued animosity between Tutsis and Hutus led to the tangled web of involvement in the Congolese wars. Mobutu stood on one side; while Kabalia stood on the other.
The work itself is insightful and well-written. However, while he is quick to condemn the Hutu Power and the “international community” (both correct in being condemned) he does little to give similar condemnation of Paul Kagame or his compatriots who are now in charge in Rwanda.
The world stood by and ignored the genocide and all we can do now about it is say “Never Again,” again.
A indictment of the international response to genocide.. (2008-02-22)
Those who think “pece at all costs” would be well to read this. There are times when a person, a country, a WORLD, must take action. The Rwandan Genocide was one of those times.
The most sickening aspect of the tragedy of Rwanda–indeed all genocides–are that they were and are preventable.
Philip Gourevitch does a superb job of expressing his outrage over the lack of will displayed by the UN and US to the mass murder of the tutis by the Hutus’.
I highly recommend this book. This book should be required reading in high schools throughout the country. It is a real eye opener.Arrogance and Ignorance: How the World Failed Rwanda (2008-02-02)
It’s not easy to help other people, let alone other countries. Gourevitch’s book shows us how the international “community” managed to misstep over and over again in Rwanda, making an already tragic situation even worse, first through its inaction and then through its misguided charity. What makes Gourevitch’s thoroughly researched account of this tragedy so compelling is the way it focuses the reader’s attention on the circumstances that made this evil possible. This writer not only looks unflinchingly at the ugliest aspects of humanity, but he persists in peeling back the layers of human stories piled on stories, searching for the truth. As he points out early in the book, “…power consists in your ability to make others inhabit your story of their reality…” and in the case of such terrible human suffering, perhaps healing can come from the courageous effort to insist that this story be the most true account that we can discover.Africa is terrible (2007-12-18)
I read this good book, here in Brazil.This book is about the genocide, in Rwanda.Blacks exterminates other blacks, in massive numbers; hundreds of thusands.No religion- animism, christianism or muslin- did something with force to end this genocide.In all times, Africa is terrible.Important to read (2007-11-17)
This book deserves 5 stars- why? Read other full length reviews. I must say that you will get some strong stomach ache from reading it because the subject matter is very brutal.
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