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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... inside the hotel where I worked. When the militia and the Army came with orders to kill my guests, I took them into my office, treated them like friends, offered them beer and cognac, and then persuaded them to neglect their task that ...
... inside the hotel where I worked. When the militia and the Army came with orders to kill my guests, I took them into my office, treated them like friends, offered them beer and cognac, and then persuaded them to neglect their task that ...
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... inside me. I am the son of a Hutu farmer and his Tutsi wife. My family cared not the least bit about this when I was growing up, but since bloodlines are passed through the father in Rwanda, I am technically a Hutu. I married a Tutsi ...
... inside me. I am the son of a Hutu farmer and his Tutsi wife. My family cared not the least bit about this when I was growing up, but since bloodlines are passed through the father in Rwanda, I am technically a Hutu. I married a Tutsi ...
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... inside the houses of those they knew to be Tutsi, those who had Tutsi relatives, or those who refused to go along with the murders. There was one man in particular whom I will call Peter, though that is not his real name. He was a truck ...
... inside the houses of those they knew to be Tutsi, those who had Tutsi relatives, or those who refused to go along with the murders. There was one man in particular whom I will call Peter, though that is not his real name. He was a truck ...
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... capture 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.
... capture 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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... inside—inside communities and inside people. I am proud to say that my father was a respected voice in these sessions. He was usually the elder who spoke last, and his words therefore carried a great deal of weight. One case in ...
... inside—inside communities and inside people. I am proud to say that my father was a respected voice in these sessions. He was usually the elder who spoke last, and his words therefore carried a great deal of weight. One case in ...
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