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lsparrow's review against another edition
5.0
loved this set of poems. Wishi I could see the 100 days of photos that went along with it.
powerful and timeless.
powerful and timeless.
dianakamau's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Death, Violence, and Genocide
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
3.0
"thousands & thousands & thousands of flowers / each dead at the stalk / all dead from the moment they were cut / every single one dead / in their glorious & beautiful selves / just like the children / in those one hundred days"
Poems that reflect on cultural suffering, trauma, and violence. On the hardship of continual depression and grief. So many beautiful lines. And applicable to many global traumas. Violence is everywhere, cultural oppression is historical and modern. Reconciliation benefits who? And what shape should it take?
The author is Kenyan born, Ugandan raised, residing in Canada. But she did consult with Yolande Mukagasana, a Rwandan poet, about her experiences and the loss of her family during the genocide. Inspired and influenced by Christian liturgy, American spirituals, and Acholi oral traditions.
Poems that reflect on cultural suffering, trauma, and violence. On the hardship of continual depression and grief. So many beautiful lines. And applicable to many global traumas. Violence is everywhere, cultural oppression is historical and modern. Reconciliation benefits who? And what shape should it take?
The author is Kenyan born, Ugandan raised, residing in Canada. But she did consult with Yolande Mukagasana, a Rwandan poet, about her experiences and the loss of her family during the genocide. Inspired and influenced by Christian liturgy, American spirituals, and Acholi oral traditions.
jenniechantal's review against another edition
4.0
“If truth is to be known
or acknowledged
then this is the truth that we know...
we know
the impossibility of knowing everything that happened
we know that true witnesses cannot speak
& that those who have words
cannot articulate the in articulable”
-from Day 46
Poems written in many voices, those dead and those survivors, expressing betrayal by god, people, and nature. Full of the sorrow, grief, devastation, and anger at the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and at the pain of surviving such violence.
or acknowledged
then this is the truth that we know...
we know
the impossibility of knowing everything that happened
we know that true witnesses cannot speak
& that those who have words
cannot articulate the in articulable”
-from Day 46
Poems written in many voices, those dead and those survivors, expressing betrayal by god, people, and nature. Full of the sorrow, grief, devastation, and anger at the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and at the pain of surviving such violence.
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