Speak Rwanda Author:Julian R Pierce Speak Rwanda is the powerful story of ten people—Hutu and Tutsi, civilians and soldiers, mothers, politicians, and orphaned children—as they attempt to survive one of the most disturbing massacres since the Second World War; but the novel is not a story of war, instead it documents the experiences of the people who lived befor... more »e, during, and after such an event. Through their individual voices we come to fully understand the moving and complex truths that existed behind our newspaper headlines.« less
I basically cried the entire time I read this book. It's very effective at relating the experiences and the stories of the people in the book. It is graphic, but that's what genocide is afterall.