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In Praise of Blood

The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front

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In Praise of Blood

By: Judi Rever
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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 A FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE: A stunning work of investigative reporting by a Canadian journalist who has risked her own life to bring us a deeply disturbing history of the Rwandan genocide that takes the true measure of Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame.

Through unparalleled interviews with RPF defectors, former soldiers and atrocity survivors, supported by documents leaked from a UN court, Judi Rever brings us the complete history of the Rwandan genocide. Considered by the international community to be the saviours who ended the Hutu slaughter of innocent Tutsis, Kagame and his rebel forces were also killing, in quiet and in the dark, as ruthlessly as the Hutu genocidaire were killing in daylight. The reason why the larger world community hasn't recognized this truth? Kagame and his top commanders effectively covered their tracks and, post-genocide, rallied world guilt and played the heroes in order to attract funds to rebuild Rwanda and to maintain and extend the Tutsi sphere of influence in the region.
Judi Rever, who has followed the story since 1997, has marshalled irrefutable evidence to show that Kagame's own troops shot down the presidential plane on April 6, 1994--the act that put the match to the genocidal flame. And she proves, without a shadow of doubt, that as Kagame and his forces slowly advanced on the capital of Kigali, they were ethnically cleansing the country of Hutu men, women and children in order that returning Tutsi settlers, displaced since the early '60s, would have homes and land. This book is heartbreaking, chilling and necessary. Africa Freedom & Security Politics & Government War & Crisis World Human Rights Iran War Middle East
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A fascinating addition to the story of the genocide that the world thinks it knows, written by a courageous investigator. The excellent narration adds to the suspense of this enlightening report into ethnic killings and the very event that sparked the genocide in Rwanda.

Must read for anyone interested in Rwanda and the genocide

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Thank yo so much Judi Rever for taking so many risks for our country's history. My father belongs to those taken after the genocide in 94 by the RPF. His wereabouts are unknown until now :(

true story

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I guess the full truth will always be hard to digest but this book just changed the outlook on the "truth" i thought i knew for the last 27 years.
The narrator tried to horribly immitate the rwandese accent which was not really necessary.

The truth may shake your core belief

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