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Author Irankunda, Pacifique, author.

Title The tears of a man flow inward : growing up in the civil war in Burundi / Pacifique Irankunda.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2022]
©2022

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  967.572 IRANKUNDA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiv, 189 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189).
Contents Prologue: A Country of Milk and Honey -- The Beginnings of War -- Maman Clemence -- The Old Kingdom -- The War at School -- The Color of a Sound -- Coming to America -- Playing at Violence -- By the Fire -- The Time of Stories.
Summary "As a little boy, Pacifique Irankunda lived through the thirteen-year civil war in Burundi, the war that upended his home and family, and destroyed Burundi's beautiful culture and traditions. He hid and watched as military units destroyed his village; he and his brother slept in the woods on nights when they heard shooting and violence. From his own memories and those of his family, he tells this story of surviving the devastating ethnic divisions and violence in a country that once had a rich and beautiful culture of belief and traditions, destroyed by the aftermath of a history of colonialism. Paci's extraordinary and wise mother, one of the inspiring beacons of light in this book, led her children and others in ingenious acts of survival and kindness, through her unique ability to bring out the good in people, generosity towards even the soldiers who threatened them, and in her role as a Mushingantahe, an honorary title for a chosen leader in the village"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Irankunda, Pacifique -- Childhood and youth.
Burundi -- History -- Civil War, 1993-2005 -- Personal narratives.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
Burundi. (OCoLC)fst01212359
Burundian Civil War (Burundi : 1993-2005) (OCoLC)fst01907462
Chronological Term 1993-2005
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Irankunda, Pacifique, The tears of a man flow inward First edition. New York : Random House, 2022. 9780812997651 (DLC) 2021011223
ISBN 9780812997644 (hardcover)
0812997646 (hardcover)
9780812997651 (ebook)
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