Scholastique Mukasonga’s The Barefoot Woman Tells Her Mother’s Story During the Rwandan Civil War
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Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga’s critically-acclaimed memoir The Barefoot Woman was recently published in the UK. The Barefoot Woman is centered around Mukasonga’s recollections of her mother, siblings, and the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. The memoir describes the life of Mukasonga’s mother, Stefania, and the world she lived in before and during […]