Books written about the genocide

1. African Rights. (1995). Rwanda: Death, Despair, and Defiance. Revised edition. London.
- (2003) Tribute to Courage.

2. Barnett, Michael. (2003) Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda. Cornell University Press.

3. Bill Berkeley. (2001). The Graves are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa. New York: Basic Books.

4. Dallaire, Romeo. (2003). Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. Toronto: Random House.

5. De Mucyo, Jean. (2001) “Gacaca Courts and Genocide.” In Rwanda and South Africa in Dialogue: Addressing the Legacies of Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity, edited by Charles Villa-Vicencio and Tyrone Savage. Cape Town: IJR.

6. Des Forges, Alison L. (1999). Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda. New York: Human Rights Watch and Paris: Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme.

7. De Saint-Exupery, Patrick. (2004). "L'Inavouable, la France au Rwanda" (Unspeakable: France in Rwanda).

8. Drumtra, Jeff. “Life after Death: Suspicion and Reintegration in Post-Genocide Rwanda.” Available at

9. Eltringham, Nigel. (2004). Accounting for Horror: Post-Genocide Debates in Rwanda. Pluto Press (UK).

10. Gourevitch, Philip. (1998). We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux.

11. Keane, Fergal. (1997). Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey. Penguin Books.

12. Khan, Shaharyar, M. (2001). The Shallow Graves of Rwanda. I. B. Tauris & Company.

13. Kuperman, Alan, J. (2001). The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Rwanda.

21. Prunier, Gerard. (1995). The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide. New York: Columbia University Press.

22. Reyntjens, Flip. (1995). “Rwanda: Background to a Genocide.” Bulletin des Seances de l'Academie Royale d'Outre-Mer 41: 281-92.

23. Sarkin, Jeremy. (1999). “The Necessity and Challenges of Establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Rwanda.” Human Rights Quarterly 21: 667-823.

- (2000). “Promoting Justice, Truth and Reconciliation in Transitional Societies: Evaluating Rwanda's Approach in the New Millennium of Using Community Based Gacaca Tribunals to Deal with the Past.” International Law Forum 2: 112-21.
- (2001). “Gacaca Courts and Genocide.” In Rwanda and South Africa Dialogue: Addressing the Legacies of Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity, edited by Charles Villa-Viccencio and Tyrone Savage. Cape Town: IJR.

24. Uvin, Peter. (1998). Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda. West Hartford: Kumarian Press.
- (1996). Violence, Aid and Conflict: Reflections from the Case of Rwanda. Helsinki: United Nations University and World Institute of Development Economics Research.