Life Laid Bare: The Survivors of Rwanda Speak

At the request of the author, the photographs were taken by Raymond Depardon, a member of Magnum and a true friend of Africa, on a visit to Nyamata during the weeks of August 1–15, 1999, with the exception of one photograph taken by the author on this page. Copyright © Raymond Depardon/Magnum Photos.

“Chronology of Events in Rwanda and the District in Nyamata” from Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak. A report by Jean Hatzfeld. Translation copyright © 2005 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.

eISBN: 978-1-59051-669-0

Originally published as Dans Le Nu de La Vie, 2000.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Hatzfeld, Jean.
   [Dans le nu de la vie. English]
   Life laid bare : the survivors in Rwanda speak / Jean Hatzfeld; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale.
      p. cm.
   Includes bibliographical references.
1. Genocide–Rwanda. 2. Tutsi (African people)–Crimes against—Rwanda. 3. Tutsi (African people)–Interviews. 4. Rwanda–History-Civil War, 1994–Atrocities.
I. Title.
   DT450.435.H3813 2007
   967.57104′31–dc22

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