100 Days, 100 Stories

In 1994, over a hundred days, more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that tore Rwanda apart. Three decades later, one hundred Rwandan storytellers reflect on what happened and how they have carried on living in the aftermath of catastrophe.

These are not full testimonies, but instead searing insights into particularly vivid memories, decisions and moments of change. They take us to the core of what it means to be human in the face of violence and death. They share the hopes and fears of Rwandans in moving, surprising, related and endlessly varied ways.Editor Jo Ingabire Moys is herself a child survivor of the genocide. Gathering together these different perspectives – one for every day of the killings – helps her make sense of Rwanda's past. We hear from survivors, rescuers, perpetrators, returnees and their children. 

These are the stories of Rwanda, told by Rwandans to other Rwandans: stories of the past in the present, and remaining connected today.

‘Here, finally is the book that was missing from the rich literature on the Rwandan ordeal. It completely shifts the narrative perspective on the last genocide of the twentieth century by letting exactly one hundred Rwandans recount their experiences of the tragedy. We hear in each story the tremor of a singular voice, of powerful authenticity. 100 Days, 100 Stories strives to exorcise absolute evil through dialogue between Rwandans from all walks of life. That's why, more than a book, it is both a statement for history and an act of faith in the future of Rwanda.'

- Boubacar Boris Diop