Marie Béatrice Umutesi

Marie Béatrice Umutesi (born 1959) is a Rwandan writer writing in French.[1]

She was born in Byumba and studied sociology, going on to work in rural development. Considered a "moderate" Hutu, she was forced to flee to Kivu in Zaire. In 1996, the refugee camps were attacked by the Rwandan Patriotic Front and she was forced to flee again.[2] Umutesi settled in Belgium in 1998.[1]

She wrote an account of her experiences in Fuir ou mourir au Zaire. Le vécu d'une réfugiée Rwandaise (English title: Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire).[1]

In 2006, she wrote the article Is Reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis Possible? for the Journal of International Affairs.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Marie Béatrice Umutesi". Women Writers and African Literature. University of Western Australia.
  2. ↑ Umutesi, Marie Béatrice (2004). Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire. p. 261. ISBN 0299204936.
  3. ↑ "Is Reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis Possible?". Journal of International Affairs 60 (1). 2006.