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Cockroaches

Scholastique Mukasonga
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Region

East Africa

Rwanda

Era

Contemporary

Language

French (Inyenzi ou les Cafards)

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Memoir

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Memoir of the author's Tutsi family's persecution leading up to the 1994 genocide, when 37 of her family members were killed.

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Essential testimony of pre-genocide persecution; 'Inyenzi' (cockroaches) was the slur used against Tutsis

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Memoir of the author's Tutsi family's persecution leading up to the 1994 genocide, when 37 of her family members were killed. Essential testimony of pre-genocide persecution; 'Inyenzi' (cockroaches) was the slur used against Tutsis

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