SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Today, Rwanda’s future is promising. Rwanda provides the world with an example of resilience, grace, and continued healing. We can learn so much from Rwanda and we encourage our partners to learn alongside us. Please begin by watching this interview of President Paul Kagame at a meeting hosted by Hiinga in February 2019.
It is important for us to understand the challenges Rwanda has faced as a nation crippled by colonialization and devastated by genocide. This history helps us understand the multifaceted needs in Rwanda and informs why Africa New Life Ministries was founded.
Genocide memorials in Rwanda exist to remember the tragedy, honor the dead, and aim to educate society in order to prevent another occurrence in the future. While it’s important to know and understand the history of Rwanda, it is inappropriate to discuss the Rwandan genocide with the student you sponsor.
We strongly encourage you to utilize the resources below to expand you knowledge and understanding of Rwanda and how Africa New Life approaches international development.
MOVIES
- Queen of Katwe (Biography, Drama, 2017)
- Poverty, Inc. (Documentary, 2016)
- Rising from Ashes (Documentary, 2012)
- Kinyarwanda (Drama, 2011)
- Earth Made of Glass (Documentary, 2010)
- As We Forgive (Documentary, 2009)
- Beyond the Gates (Drama, 2007)
- Sometimes in April (Drama, 2005)
- Frontline: The Ghosts of Rwanda (Documentary, 2005)
- History Channel: Do Scars Ever Fade? (Documentary, 2004)
- Hotel Rwanda (Drama, 2004)
- For a different perspective on this Hollywood film, please read Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story and Why it Matters Today by Edouard Kayihura
BOOKS
ABOUT THE GENOCIDE
- Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
- Lead By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculee Llibagiza
- We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
- Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak by Jean Hatzfeld
- Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Romeo Dallaire & Brent Beardsley
ABOUT RWANDA
- Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World by Patricia Crisafulli and Andrea Redmond
- A Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It by Stephen Kinzer
- Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda by Rosamond Halsey Carr and Ann Howard Halsey
- A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope and a Restaurant in Rwanda by Josh Ruxin
- Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda’s Cycling Team by Tim Lewis
RELEVANT TOPICS
- When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
- Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence by David A. Livermore
- Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot And Cold Climate Cultures by Sarah A. Lanier
- African Friends and Money Matters by David E. Maranz
- Giving Wisely: Killing with Kindness or Empowering Lasting Transformation by Jonathan Martin
VIDEO SERIES
- Overview of When Helping Hurts concepts (6 part series; ~15 minutes each)
- Living Culture Clip, Rwanda
- 2 Part History of Rwanda in the 20th century Part 1;Part 2
ARTICLES
- We Need to Learn from Christians from Other Cultures (Blog, June 2017)
- Why you should beware a laughing or yawning hippo (Jan. 2016)
Do not be afraid, just be knowledgeable in the game parks! - Gorillas and Coffee Bars? The Transformation of Rwanda (Sept. 2015)
- An African orphan on what he loves (and doesn’t) about short-term mission teams (May 2014)
- An Op-ed profile of Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame (Sept. 2013)
- Portraits of Reconciliation (April 2014)
- High-level overview of the Genocide and its consequences (April 2014)
- Rwanda Vision 2020 (PDF)
- Constitutional Amendment for Presidential Terms (January 2016)
- BBC President Paul Kagame Profile (January 2016)
