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A Voice in the Darkness

Memoir of a Rwandan Genocide Survivor

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A Voice in the Darkness

By: Jeanne Lakin, Paul Lakin
Narrated by: Sara Van Beckum
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In 1994, Jeanne Celestine, a young Rwandan schoolgirl, was living a quiet life in the countryside when the death of Rwanda’s president provoked a 100-day extermination of over one million ethnic Tutsis. She survived by hiding from violent militiamen all the while caring for her three-year-old twin sisters, Teddy and Teta.

This inspirational narrative reveals the mind of an innocent child, who, in the face of humanity’s most hideous act, not only managed to preserve her life and the lives of her sisters, but also to restore her voice in the wake of its immense darkness.

©2018, 2020, 2021 Jeanne Celestine Lakin (P)2021 Jeanne Celestine Lakin Memoir
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Jeanne’s story is absolutely incredible and is something that will stay with me for a very long time. Her strength, resilience and courage is unheard of. I felt every emotion while listening to this book and finished it within a few days because I just couldn’t stop. I will recommend this book to lots of people because what happened to her should be heard and recognised.

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