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[2018]., Archipelago Books Call No: 305.80 Muk Edition: First archipelago books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Memoir of the author's memories of her Tutsi mother, who, in the wake of the Rwandan genocide, struggled to keep her family alive, pass on Tutsi traditions, and in the end perished in the violence.
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2004., Verso Call No: 967.571 MEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Summary Note: The story of how the leadershp of Rwanda became involved in planning the complete extermination of the Tutsi population in the 1990s.
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c2005., General, PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment, distributor Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Through interviews with key government officials, diplomats, soldiers, and survivors, this documentary examines the state-sponsored genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Explores the reasons why the international community and the United States did not intervene as Hutu extremists killed some 800,000 Tutsis.
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[2018]., Crown Call No: 921 WAMARIYA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine and Claire were granted asylum in the United States. . . . This book captures the . . . costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory. A . . . story of dislocation [and] survival"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Crown Publishing Call No: HI-INT B WAM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine and Claire were granted asylum in the United States. Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, this book captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory. A riveting story of dislocation, survival."--
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2018., 090000., Random House Audio; Books on Tape Call No: RB 921 WAMARIYA Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It was 1994, and in 100 days, more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Six-year-old Clemantine Wamariya and sister Claire spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety and hiding while witnessing unimaginable cruelty. At age twelve, Clemantine and Claire were granted asylum in the United States. Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, this book captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory.
![The girl who smiled beads : [a story of war and what comes after]](/LibraryG/images/~imageCT496015.JPG "The girl who smiled beads : [a story of war and what comes after]")
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[2018]., Crown Publishing Call No: B Wamariya Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Memoir of Clemantine Wamariya, who when she was six years old escaped with Claire, her fifteen-year-old sister, from the Rwandan massacre. She would spend the next six years hungry, abused, and traveling from camp to camp, until she and Claire were both granted refugee status in the U.S. There their lives diverged, and on the surface Clemantine seemed to be living the American dream, but underneath she had to struggle to re-invent her life on her terms and escape the painful memories of her past.
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[2018]., Crown Call No: MEMOIR NF WAM Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine and Claire were granted asylum in the United States. . . . This book captures the . . . costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory. A . . . story of dislocation [and] survival"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Hotel Rwanda :p2004., General, MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Hot Edition: Widescreen (2.35:1) ; 16x9. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of one man's brave stance against savagery during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
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c2005., Newmarket Press Call No: DRAMA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the companion book to the film that describes the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the efforts of a hotel manager to save over one thousand people from death and contains over seventy illustrated photographs and movie stills, essays on the history of the genocide, and the complete screenplay.
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Ã2006., Penguin Books Call No: MEMOIR NF RUS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Paul Rusesabagina recounts the story of his life, describing what it was like to grow up on a small farm in Rwanda, how he became the first Rwandan general manager of a Belgian-owned hotel, and how he helped his fellow countrymen during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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2004., Greenhaven Press Call No: 967.571 FIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At issue in historySummary Note: Presents twelve essays that argue opposing points on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, covering its causes, the world's reaction, and the country's rebuilding, and includes an introductory overview, a chronology, and a further reading list.
