Scholastique Mukasonga
Books and literary traditions in the Volumain atlas.
Books in the world atlas
Our Lady of the Nile
Divisions grow at an elite girls' school, foreshadowing Rwanda's catastrophe.
In the atlas: Rwanda
Cockroaches
Memories of childhood and exile commemorate the author’s family murdered in the genocide.
In the atlas: Rwanda
The Barefoot Woman
A portrait of the author’s mother reconstructs women’s daily lives, knowledge and care under persecution.
In the atlas: Rwanda
Igifu
Autobiographical stories of hunger, survival and Rwanda’s lost world.
In the atlas: Rwanda
Kibogo
A story of Rwandan beliefs and their collision with Christian missionaries.
In the atlas: Rwanda