#200
Title: This Voice in My Heart: A Genocide Survivor's Story of Escape, Faith, and Forgiveness
Author: Gilbert Tuhabonye and Gary Brozek
Publisher: Amistad Press
Year: 2006
Country: Burundi
260 pages
A well-told account of Gilbert Tuhabonye's childhood and adolescence in Burundi. He is a competitive runner and an ethnic Tutsi who was the only survivor of a brutal Hutu massacre at his school. The majority of the memoir recounts his family and village life. I would have liked to hear more about his religious life, how he made sense of his experiences, and the cross-cultural aspects of his transition to the United States. There was some dropped content, especially about relationships, and the last section of the book was rushed and flat. Otherwise, a solid and evocative narrative.
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