Table of Contents

Introduction: Narratives of Genocide, Emotion, and Reader – The Narratives Seed of the Genocide – The Oldest Orphan: The Child’s Voice Telling the Unthinkable – Harvest of Skulls: Recycling the Fragments of the Holocaust – Murambi, The Book of Bones: Polyphonic Voices and Testimony – The Shadow of Imana: Travelling over the Maze of Genocide – Murekatete: The Broken Brotherhood and the Inability to Love – The Hill Moth: Eros and Thanatos – Fire under the Cassock: The Question of Collective Guilt – Inyenzi or the Cockroaches: Trans-generational Memory – Shake Hands with the Devil: Humanitarian Rhetoric and Genocide Testimony – Conclusion

About the Author

Josias Semujanga is Professor of African literature and literary theory at the University of Montreal. His research interests are the analysis of social discourse, the narratives of the Genocide, the African novel and anthropological narratives. He has published numerous books and scholarly articles including Les récits fondateurs du drame rwandais, The Origins of the Rwandan Genocide, Le génocide, sujet de fiction ? and Dynamique des genres dans le romain africain.