Conversation between Jean-Pierre Karegeye and Boubacar Boris Diop about the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda

Diop, Boubacar Boris

Karegeye, Jean-Pierre

January 13, 2021

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Conversation between Jean-Pierre Karegeye and Boubacar Boris Diop about the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda

Why does it seem that the genocide deniers have perked up? What can we make about African indifference on this subject? This conversation between writer Boubacar Boris Diop and scholar Jean-Pierre Karegeye was first published in French in Seneplus, Beninplus, and Cameplus. In this English version, authors extended their discussion on Cesaire's thought. Jean-Pierre Karegeye teaches in the United States. He has published extensively on francophone African literature, the Tutsi genocide, child soldiers and religious extremism. He recently co-edited a book, Religion in War and Peace in Africa (Routledge, 2020). He is also interested in the theoretical frameworks and ethical dimensions of testimonial narratives. In the following interview, he chats with his friend Boubacar Boris Diop, a Senegalese writer, author of several novels including Murambi, The Book of Bones, about the Tutsi genocide, a topic on which he has also published many articles over the last twenty years.

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