Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
Following the Tutsi genocide in 1994, many African writers went to Rwanda, in 1998, and then wrote some novels and other fictional texts about the horror they saw. This study shows how Véronique Tadjo’s L’ombre d’Imana adopts several mechanisms of Traveler’s Narratives, but poses also their limits in ethical thinking about genocide. Tadjo uses indeed the subversion of Traveler’s Narratives by adding other forms of genres like reportage and testimonies. She discusses about the limits of testimony narratives on a genocide.
Recommended Citation
Semujanga, Josias
(2007)
"Le témoignage de l’Itsembabwoko par la fiction.
L’ombre d’Imana,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 69:
No.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol69/iss1/9
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