Scholastique Mukasonga
Rwandan French-language novelist whose fiction bears witness to the Tutsi genocide that killed 37 members of her family. Cockroaches is her most celebrated novel, a poignant account of Tutsi life before the genocide.
Works
- CockroachesMetaphorical tale of resilience told through the perspective of fleeing insects
- Our Lady of the NileGirls at a Catholic school in Rwanda confront colonial legacy and friendship
- The Barefoot WomanWoman's survival narrative through genocide and displacement in post-colonial Africa
- IgifuIntimate memoir of the 1994 Rwanda genocide told through family memory
- KibogoFamily history haunted by the divine specter of a charismatic religious leader