Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956) is a Rwandan author living in France.[1]

She was born in Gikongoro Province in 1956.[2] Mukasonga left Rwanda before the Rwandan genocide, which killed 27 members of her family,[3] her mother being one of them.[2] Beginning in 1992 she worked in Caen, France as a social worker,[4] and she currently lives in Lower Normandy.[5]

Works

References

  1. Garcin, Jérôme. "Scholastique Mukasonga, la pharaonne noire du Calvados" (Archive). L'Obs. Retrieved on 29 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fuse Book Review: “Our Lady of the Nile” — Prefiguring Rwandan Genocide" (Archive). Arts Fuse. August 26, 2014. Retrieved on May 29 2015.
  3. Popkin, Nathaniel. "OUR LADY OF THE NILE" (Archive). Cleaver Magazine. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
  4. "Scholastique Mukasonga : « Retrouver mon identité »." Le Monde. 2 April 2014. Updated 16 April 2015. Retrieved on 6 June 2015. "[...]Scholastique Mukasonga, assistante sociale à Caen depuis 1992,[...]"
  5. 1 2 "Scholastique MUKASONGA Notre Dame du Nil / Our Lady of the Nile." Institut Français, Denmark. November 2012. Retrieved on 28 May 2015.

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