- Benjamin Sehene
Benjamin Sehene (born 1959) is a
Rwanda nauthor whose work primarily focuses on questions of identity and the events surrounding theRwandan genocide . He has spent much of life inCanada andFrance .Sehene was born in
Kigali to aTutsi family. His family fled Rwanda in 1963 forUganda , and he studied inParis at the Sorbonne in the early 1980s, before emigrating toCanada in 1984. He currently lives inParis . He is a member ofInternational PEN .In the aftermath of the 1994
genocide , Sehene returned to Rwanda, hoping to better understand what had happened. He subsequently wrote "Le Piège ethnique" ("The Ethnic Trap") (1999), a study of ethnic polemics, and "Le Feu sous la soutane" ("Fire under the Cassock") (2005), an historical novel focusing on the true story of aHutu Catholic priest , Father Stanislas, who offered protection to Tutsi refugees in his church before sexually exploiting the women and participating in massacres.Sehene also contributes articles to the online newspaperrue89 Publications
* "Le Piège Ethnique"("The Ethnic Trap")] Dagorno, Paris, (1999) ISBN 2-910019-54-3
* [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001182/118279e.pdf#118294 Rwanda's collective amnesia] , in "TheUNESCO Courier", (1999).
* "Un sentiment d'insécurité ", Play,Paris ,2001
* "Dead Girl Walking" (short story)
* "Le Feu sous la soutane " ("Fire under the Cassock"),L'Esprit Frappeur , Paris (2005) ISBN 2-84405-222-3
* [http://www.ventsdailleurs.com/livres.php "Ta Race!" (Short story)] ,Éditions Vents d'Ailleurs , [La Roque d'Anthéron] ,France, 2006 ISBN 2-911412-40-0
*"Di ethnische Falle" [http://www.wespennest.at/w_zeitschrift.php?id=MTQz]Wespennest 2006 External links
* [http://www.benjaminsehene.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.benjaminsehene.com/parutions.htm/ Interview on SABC(South African TV]
* [http://www3.uakron.edu/hfrance/reviews/whitfield.html/ "Dead Girl Walking" (short story)]
* [http://sehene.blogspot.com/ Benjamin Sehene's short stories]
* [http://lemalfrancais.blogspot.com/ Rioting in France: Le Mal Français]
* [http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/emissions/doublecult/fiche.php?diffusion_id=32550 Interview on French culture]
* [http://www.lintelligent.com/gabarits/articleJAI_online.asp?art_cle=LIN09105rwanderiadi0/ Article in "Jeune Afrique"]
* [http://www.geocities.com/africanwriters/Benjaminsehene.html African writers' index]
* [http://www.ventsdailleurs.com/livres.php Éditions Vents d'Ailleurs]
* [http://www.rue89.com/ Rue89]
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