Description
Set at a prestigious girls' boarding school in Rwanda, this novel explores the complex social and political landscape of a nation on the brink. The elite students, groomed to transcend ethnic divisions, find their lives increasingly shaped by the rising tensions between Hutu and Tutsi populations, a legacy of colonial rule. Through the eyes of a scholarship student and her mother, the story delves into themes of identity, tradition, and the insidious creep of prejudice. Mukasonga masterfully uses language, weaving in Kinyarwanda words to illuminate Rwandan realities and the profound impact of historical divisions on individual lives.
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paperback
New York Review of Books
Published Sep 16, 2014
ISBN: 9780914671039
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga.