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#494: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, author and genocide survivor

#494: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, author and genocide survivor

Update: 2025-10-11
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French-Rwandan writer Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse joins host Sonia Faleiro and responds to clips from the RLF archives, using them as ways into her creative process. This moving discussion, which features frank descriptions of violence, reveals how the will to survive can inspire storytelling, the importance of sharing survivors' accounts, and how this can build fellowship and community in the wake of profound trauma.

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#494: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, author and genocide survivor

#494: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, author and genocide survivor

Royal Literary Fund