A conversation between Aurora Almada e Santos and Hélène Dumas about the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda.

Conversation between Aurora Almada e Santos and Hélène Dumas about the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda

About Hélène Dumas:
Hélène Dumas is an historian, full researcher at the French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS-CESPRA-EHESS). Her research is dedicated to the history of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. After first research focused on the micro-level dynamics of violence through an analysis of the hearings of the gacaca courts, she is now working on victims and survivors’ history and especially on the children experiences. She published Beyond Despair. The Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi through the Eyes of Children, translated by Catherine Porter, New York, Fordham UP, 2024.