Barankitse is a Burundian who now lives in Rwanda. For more than 25 years, she has led Maison Shalom, or House of Peace, the holistic humanitarian organization she established to generate hope in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Looking at such extreme cases of genocide-related trauma can shed light on the experience of loss, isolation and fear that many people have experienced during the pandemic. The healing process of genocide survivors may offer lessons for post-pandemic recovery.
By Donald E. Miller with Lorna Touryan Miller and Arpi Misha Miller
(University of California Press, 2020)
The Rwanda Library is a collection of 100 videotaped interviews with orphans and widows who survived the Rwandan Genocide. CRCC's co-founder Donald E. Miller and his wife, Lorna, conducted these interviews over several years in partnership with Solace Ministries.
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