Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder

Burundi is less well-known than Rwanda, but it suffers from the same ethnic rivalry between Hutus and Tutsis. The attempted genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus, and the butchery and violence that ensued, is also part of the history of Burundi.

Deo, through fortitude and the kindnesses of strangers, escaped the genocide in both his own country and Rwanda. He got to America through the help of his friend, Jean, who had a French father.