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As a fourteen-year-old boy in Rwanda, Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase survived war atrocities, but he had to leave home if he wanted to stay safe. In Witnessing, Pie-Pacifique recounts his colourful childhood in Kigali and his harrowing experiences of the genocide. For his safety and future, he prepares to flee to Canada, but ends up in South Africa after being scammed and losing all his money. In this emotional but rewarding journey of self-discovery, readers witness Pie-Pacifique confront the depth of his traumatic past and reach for his dreams.

Editor — February 16, 2021 comments off One of the many killing fields around Kigali at the time of the Genocide against the Tutsi. / Photos: Jack Picone. An Irish journalist who was a correspondent for a British newspaper, The Independent, and made trips to Rwanda at the height of the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, is reaching out to Raymond Mbaraga, a Genocide survivor who dared speak to him despite the dangers he was exposing himself to do so at the time. David Orr regrets that at the time, his desire to get a story outweighed the possibility that he was putting him in harm’s ...