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Title:
Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi
Author(s):
Peter Uvin
Paperback:
224 pages
Published: Zed Books
Publication date: February 15th
2009
ISBN10: 1848131801
ISBN13:
9781848131804
Language:English
Book Summary
Burundi recently emerged from twelve years of
civil war. In this book, ordinary Burundians, farmers, artisans,
traders, mothers, soldiers and students talk about the past and the
future, war and peace, their hopes for a better life and their
relationships with each other and the state. Young men, in particular,
often seen as the cause of violence, talk about the difficulties of
living up to standards of masculinity in an impoverished and war-torn
society. Weaving a rich tapestry, Peter Uvin pitches the ideas and
aspirations of people on the ground against the assumptions often made
by the international development and peace-building agencies. This
groundbreaking book on conflict and society in Africa will have profound
repercussions for development across the world.
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Title:
From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years during Genocide
(Focus on American History)
Author(s):
Robert Krueger
Paperback:
308 pages
Published: University of Texas
Press
Publication date: October 1st
2007
ISBN10: 0292714866
ISBN13:
9780292714861
Language:English
Book Summary
In 1994, while nations everywhere stood idly by, 800,000 people were
slaughtered in eight weeks in Rwanda. Arriving as U.S. Ambassador to
neighboring Burundi a few weeks later, Bob Krueger began drawing
international attention to the genocide also proceeding in Burundi,
where he sought to minimize the killing and to preserve its
fledgling democratic government from destruction by its own army.
From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi is a compelling eyewitness account
of both a horrific and persistent genocide and of the ongoing
efforts of many courageous individuals to build a more just society.
Krueger and his wife Kathleen graphically document the slaughter
occurring all around them, as well as their repeated efforts to get
the U.S. government and the international community to take notice
and take action. Bob Krueger reconstructs the events of the military
coup that precipitated the Burundi genocide and describes his
efforts to uncover the truth by digging up graves and interviewing
survivors. In straightforward and powerful language, Kathleen
Krueger recounts her family's experience living amid civil war,
including when she faced down a dozen AK-47-wielding African
soldiers to save the life of a household worker. From Bloodshed to
Hope in Burundi shines a piercing light on a genocide that has gone
largely unreported, and identifies those responsible for it. It also
offers hope that as the truth emerges and the perpetrators are
brought to account, the people of Burundi will at last achieve peace
and reconciliation.
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