Books about Rwanda

[Kookamoor]

I want to know more about Rwanda and the basis for the conflict in the 90's. I know far less than I'd like, and the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' was eye opening for me. I'm unlikely to sit down with a nonfiction account, however. Does anyone have any recommendations for a narrative account of the unrest, particularly with some background to the Belgian colony that was partially responsible for the segregation in the first place? A readable biography would be good.

 

[Mari]

The real-life hotel manager who was the subject of the movie has written his version of events: An Ordinary Man, by Paul Rusesabagina.

Here is a radio interview of him:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5324187

 

[Bernard]

Shake hands with the devil: The failure of Humanity in Rwanda was written by Romeo Dallaire. It's a Non-Fiction book written by the head of the UN PeaceKeeping mission in Rwanda during the time the genocide. It's very desctriptive and somewhat dry but a good account of what happened during that time.