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I f true, the story of paul rusesabagina, as told in the 2004 film hotel rwanda, would be truly inspirational. New book exposes lies in hotel rwanda experts the new times. Rwandans who survived the genocide at hotel des mille collines. The surprising true storyand why it matters today painstakingly deconstructs rusesabagina s selfserving myth about what transpired. The true story behind hotel rwanda by paul rusesabagina with tom zoellner bloomsbury. Stephen kinzer, awardwinning foreign correspondent, author.

This manager over the years had kept a black book of anyone. In 2008, the book hotel rwanda or the tutsi genocide as seen by hollywood, by alfred ndahiro, a public relations advisor to kagame and journalist privat rutazibwa, was published. A remarkable account of the amazing life story of the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda. It stands apart from the tales of those who have abused, manipulated, and diverted public attention and opinion from what has been endured. The surprising true story, and why it matters today benbella books, march 25, 2014 with edouard kayihura, a rwandan survivor of the 1994 genocide against the tutsi in rwanda and a refugee from the hotel milles collines. Paul rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand tutsi refugees during their struggle against the hutu militia in rwanda. While the movie indisputably raised awareness of genocide against rwandan tutsi, its distortion of facts created one of the most virulent platforms championing trivialization of that tragedy through theories of double genocide and related. Kayihura is a survivor of the genocide and one of the 1,268 people who took refuge inside the hotel. The remarkable life story of the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda readers who were moved and horrified by hotel rwanda will respond even more intensely to.

Inside the hotel rwanda is at once a harrowing memoir, a critical deconstruction of a heralded hollywood movie, and a political analysis aimed at exposing a falsely created public image. Here is a rwandan who faced down the militia to protect the terrorised families who. The memoir is riveting, especially his detailed account of how he managed to avoid gendarmes and lie his way through roadblocks by saying he lost the identity card that would identify him as tutsi. One of the books that i find most interesting although only partly about rwanda is a book by john hanning speke, called the discovery of the source of the nile. The granta book of the african short story introduces a group of african writers described by its editor, helon habila, as the postnationalist generation.

Truth be told, he was never a hero but rather a hutu sympathizer and war profiteer who had extorted money from the frightened folks seeking refuge on the grounds of his hotel. Bringing the true story of an african hero to film, documents the films story, providing firstperson pieces by terry george and cowriter keir pearson from their struggle to gain financing and produce the film. Readers who were moved and horrified by hotel rwanda will respond even more intensely to paul rusesabaginas unforgettable autobiography. A paperback novel published by newmarket press, entitled hotel rwanda. Yet rusesabagina concludes that he was just a hotel manager doing what a hotel manager does best looking after his guests. Just a job, maybe, but it saved almost 1,500 lives. Everyone who saw the movie hotel rwanda must read this book in which true survivors tell their story. Bringing the true story of an african hero to film. Also, a hotel rwandacompanion book is available at bookstores or from the publisher, newmarket press, in february 2005. While the movie indisputably raised awareness of genocide against rwandan. Before working in the hotel business, rusesabagina went to a missionary school in central rwanda and attended the faculty of theology in cameroon. The genocide in rwanda, which took place a decade ago, was the subject of little news coverage at the time and seems an unlikely subject for a film released during the holidays. Rwandan genocide part of the rwandan civil war human skulls at the nyamata genocide memorial location rwanda date 7 april 15 july 1994 target tutsi population, twa, and. Paul rusesabagina is a hero who saved 1,200 people from genocide in events depicted in the oscarnominated film hotel rwanda.

This book offers a window into the real life experience of those who hid in the hotel des mille collines during the 100 days of the. In 2004, the academy awardnominated movie hotel rwanda. This book offers a window into the real life experience of those who hid in the hotel des mille collines during the 100 days of the genocide. Hotel rwanda tells the story of hotel manager paul rusesabagina, who kept more than people safe during the 1994 rwandan massacre.

Rwanda s rebirth and the man who dreamed it, teacher of journalism, brown university everyone who saw the movie hotel rwanda must read this book in which true survivors tell their story. The 2004 film hotel rwanda recounts the efforts of hotelier paul rusesabagina to save his family and others during the 1994 genocide in the central african nation of rwanda. The official companion book, edited by director terry george, includin. The surprising true story and why it matters today benbella books, edouard kayihura attempts to set the record straight. It provides an alternative take to the portrayal of rusesabaginas actions as seen in hotel rwanda. It stands apart from the tales of those who have abused, manipulated, and diverted public attention and opinion from what has been.

If youve ever seen the movie hotel rwanda, you must read this book. An ordinary man by paul rusesabagina with tom zoellner. While i was guilty of thinking of it as a true story, or even based on a true story, the movie has given power to an illegitimate human. Bringing the true story of an african hero to film, released on 7 february 2005, dramatizes the events of the rwandan genocide in 1994, as depicted in the film, and expands on the ideas of how rusesabagina sheltered and saved more than 1,200 people in the hotel he managed in kigali by summarizing three years of research, articles that chronicle the historical events, and the ensuing aftermath. For those who have learned of this story only through the famous movie hotel rwanda, the story of edouard kayihura is a privileged opportunity to put reality to the hollywood dramatization. Inside the hotel rwanda audiobook by edouard kayihura. A genocide survivor tells a true story about hotel rwanda. The man behind don cheadles character in hotel rwanda. Gasamagera said the hotel rwanda movie was produced by those who were interested in covering up the true story of what happened in rwanda. Paul rusesabagina, a former rwandan hotel manager who protected 1,268 people from the 1994 rwandan genocide, was born in 1954 in a hutu family of farmers. Presenting a diverse and dazzling collect robert mugabe came to power in zimbabwe.

Bringing the true story of an african hero to film terry george, editor, keir pearson, editor, paul rusesabagina, afterword by. Kayihuras inside the hotel rwanda offers an honest and unflinching firsthand account of the reality of life inside the hotel, exposing the man who exploited refugees and shedding muchneeded light on the plight of his victims. If you would like to view hotel rwanda as a class, please call 3105868500 for theater group sales information. The rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the tutsi, was a mass slaughter of tutsi, twa, and moderate hutu in rwanda, which took place between 7 april and 15 july 1994 during the rwandan civil war. Hotel rwanda is a true story about mans inhumanity to man true martin luther king argues that a just law is based on consensus among legislators, and has no connection to any notion of moral law. Weve failed to learn from history as a hotel manager in rwanda, paul rusesabagina sheltered more than a thousand people, saving their lives during the. She studied to become a nurse in the rwandan city of ruhengeri where she met her future husband and they married in 1989. A survivor of the rwandan genocide twenty years ago says the hero of hollywoods hotel rwanda is a creation of fiction. In a new book titled, inside the hotel rwanda, a genocide survivor, edouard kayihura, recounts how rusesabaginas selfportrayal as a real life superman is nothing but a folly that digs holes into the memory of genocide survivors, especially those who maintained refuge inside hotel des mille collines for most of the 100 days of the genocide. Many of the actual people involved in the story it is based upon have fiercely denounced this movie, while there are many who have staunchly defended it.