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When President Habyarimana’s jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing – which left up to a million dead. Fergal Keane travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing, and his powerful analysis reveals the terrible truth behind the headlines.
‘A tender, angry account … As well as being a scathing indictment – Keane says the genocide inflicted on the Tutsis was planned well in advance by Hutu leaders – this is a graphic view of news-gathering in extremis. It deserves to become a classic’ Independent.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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If you want to read about the most brutal and least disguised genocide since the Second World War, then this is the book for you. The opening chapter, consisting of a precis of Rwandan history leading up to the genocide, is the best such guide that I have read, and I doubt that it will ever be bettered. After this the book describes the journey that Keane, and his colleagues, took into the heart of the horror in 1994. I have worked on Rwanda for a little while now, and I have seen a little of that horror myself. But Keane's descriptions of the experiences of the Survivors (and of the far more numerous dead) made me feel that I was hearing the stories for the first time. We all become a little jaded from time to time, and a degree of mental toughness is good in life, but occasionally we need to be reminded of the extent of loss that events like this genocide involve. Not simply the loss of life, but the loss of trust, the loss of hope and the loss of "humanity" as a component of people's characters. 1994 was a bad year for humanity, in all its senses, and "Season of Blood" reminds us of that with evident anger, compassion and shame.
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I've read several disparaging remarks about Fergal Keane, the author, and his works as a journalist and presenter. People have called him arrogant and narcissistic but I beg to differ. Keane's account of travelling through a country undergoing genocide and war; his visits to a UN refugee camp in Tanzania and their journey through Burundi to get to government-held areas in the South of Rwanada is written with honesty, sensitivity and insight. Far from "narcissistic", Keane asks questions of everyone around him and gives a fair amount of insight into the lives of the RPF soldier, Frank Ndore, who escorts them for much of their journey and the Ugandan drivers who risk everything to take them on their journeys. He also asks a fair amount of questions of Interahamwe and government soldiers, giving us a glimpse of their reasoning and the ways in which the evil was perpetuated.
This is the fourth book Ihave read on Rwanda and I have a fifth lined up already. I would start with Left To Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza or An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina but I would definitely say this is an important book to read.
This is the fourth book Ihave read on Rwanda and I have a fifth lined up already. I would start with Left To Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza or An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina but I would definitely say this is an important book to read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Keanes dipiction of Rwanda helped me in understanding the effects of genocide on its people when i studied Rwandan History for my degree, after reading it for academic reasons i found my self reading it again and again.your sickned by the events in Keanes book but you will be unable to put in down
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Very informative and easy style
Keane writes with a natural style and is able to inform without setting any bias. I feel I understand more about what happened but this just leads me to feeling more aghast at the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by mc
An important perspective
Most people that read this book will have an active interest in Rwanda: they've been there, are going there or are interested in the country for some other reason. Read more
Published on 22 July 2008 by R. Rees
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Seaon of blood is an essential read for anyone interested in the madness that engulfed Rwanda in 1994. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2007 by S. Smith
Life is fragile
This is a powerful and disturbing book; it is so much more than a description of a terrible episode in human history. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2007 by Random Reader
this book gives you a conscience
This book is like a dose of chemotherapy through the veins. A sharp awakening that we in the west are pretty much oblivious to the atrocity going on across the other side of the... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2005 by "zoemarie1"
A Handy Addition
This is an excellent beginner's guide to the story of the Rwandan genocide told in bite-sized chunks of elegant prose. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2005 by Mr N T Christie
The best book ever
Simply, everytime I read this book I cry from cover to cover, as Fergal Keane says, "Genocide in Africa diminshes all of us". Read more
Published on 23 July 2004 by "pumpkint"
Harrowing yet compelling
In a world that seems to have no regard for personal and private accountability, let alone public accountability this book sticks out like a sore thumb. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2003 by P. S. Thomas
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