Umutesi, Marie Béatrice, 1959-

Surviving the slaughter : the ordeal of a Rwandan refugee in Zaire / Marie Béatrice Umutesi ; foreword by Catharine Newbury ; translated by Julia Emerson. - Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004. - xix, 258 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Women in Africa and the diaspora .

"Originally published in France as Fuir ou mourir au Zaïre"--T.p. verso.

I discover my ethnic identity -- Increasing violence -- Descent into Hell -- Survival in the camps at Kivu -- A difficult choice -- Pursued westward -- Hunted across Zaire -- The death camp at Tingi-Tingi -- Hunger on the road -- My life for ten dollars -- The end of the ordeal.

0299204901 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0299204944 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2004012634


Umutesi, Marie Béatrice, 1959-


Genocide--Rwanda.
Refugees--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Rwandans--Congo (Democratic Republic)


Rwanda--History--Refugees.--Civil War, 1994.
Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Personal narratives.
Rwanda--Ethnic relations.

DT450.435 / .U513 2004

305.9/06914/09675109049