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Immaculée Ilibagiza

Immaculée Ilibagiza was born in 1972 in the village Mataba, which is located in Kibuye, a western province of Rwanda that borders Lake Kivu. She grew up with her parents and three brothers: Aimable and Damascene were five and three years older than her, and Vianney was three years younger. Her family, while not wealthy, was comfortably middle-class and valued education. She and her brothers were motivated students. Immaculée earned scholarships to a top national high school and...

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Immaculée Ilibagiza Essays

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Left to Tell

Impregnating her narrative with rich symbolism, Immaculée Ilibagiza gives birth to the Left to Tell novel. She employs prolific imagery to clarify on the tenor of events during the Rwandan genocide. Descended from an inveterate Catholic home,...

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Left to Tell

Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza narrates her painful autobiographical account of the Rwandan Genocide in April 1994. She gives a personal testimony of her traumatic confrontation with a national carnage and the hurt of losing her entire family...