A novel for the Worldwide Day of Reflection

Practically 30 years in the past, virtually a million folks had been killed over the course of 100 days in one of the vital violent genocides in historical past. In Rwanda, neighbors turned in opposition to neighbors and households had been ripped aside. The size and severity of the violence stay virtually unimaginable—and the ripple impact of the genocide have formed the coverage and tradition of the area for the final three a long time.

Each April 7, the United Nations remembers the Rwandan Genocide by way of the Worldwide Day of Reflection. This yr, we invite you to honor and bear in mind the lives misplaced throughout the genocide by way of an evocative novel detailing one boy’s coming of age and its interruption by civil struggle and violence.

Be part of us in studying Small Nation by Gaël Faye, a poignant story knowledgeable by his childhood in Burundi—a childhood that watched completely happy days give technique to growing battle in Rwanda.

Dive into questions of struggle, exile, identification, household, and nation by way of this highly effective novel that gives an outline of shattered peace, seen by way of the eyes of a younger boy, that can stick with you lengthy after you end the ultimate web page. Collectively, we bear in mind and mirror—then work towards a extra peaceable and tolerant future.