An Ordinary Man: An AutobiographyThe remarkable autobiography of the globally-recognized human rights champion whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda “Fascinating…your book is called An Ordinary Man, yet you took on an extraordinary feat with courage, determination, and diplomacy.” – Oprah, O, The Oprah Magazine As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man, he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days in which he was the only thing standing between his “guests” and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist. |
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... called Official Technical School in a suburb called Kicukiro, where nearly two thousand terrified refugees had gathered because there was a small detachment of United Nations soldiers staying there. The refugees thought—and I don't ...
... called Official Technical School in a suburb called Kicukiro, where nearly two thousand terrified refugees had gathered because there was a small detachment of United Nations soldiers staying there. The refugees thought—and I don't ...
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... called in even more favors. All these things helped me during the genocide. But they don't explain everything. Let me tell you what I think was the most important thing of all. I will never forget walking out of my house the first day ...
... called in even more favors. All these things helped me during the genocide. But they don't explain everything. Let me tell you what I think was the most important thing of all. I will never forget walking out of my house the first day ...
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... path from the main road that twisted up the side of the ridge and passed through groves of banana trees. I had learned how to walk on this path. It was our connection with a small village called Nkomero, which occupies the top of one.
... path from the main road that twisted up the side of the ridge and passed through groves of banana trees. I had learned how to walk on this path. It was our connection with a small village called Nkomero, which occupies the top of one.
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An Autobiography Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner. small village called Nkomero, which occupies the top of one of the hundreds of thousands of hills in Rwanda. The nickname for my country is “the land of thousands of hills,” or le pays ...
An Autobiography Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner. small village called Nkomero, which occupies the top of one of the hundreds of thousands of hills in Rwanda. The nickname for my country is “the land of thousands of hills,” or le pays ...
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... the flag in which the idea was to venture inside enemy territory and grab one of their sticks without being caught. One strange game I remember in particular was called igihango, which is a word loosely translated in English as.
... the flag in which the idea was to venture inside enemy territory and grab one of their sticks without being caught. One strange game I remember in particular was called igihango, which is a word loosely translated in English as.
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