When Nyamuragi, an adolescent mute, attempts to ask a young woman in rural Burundi for directions to an appropriate place to relieve himself, his gestures are mistaken as premeditation for rape.
Young Burundian novelist Roland Rugero\'s second novel Baho! , the first Burundian novel to ever be translated into English, explores the concepts of miscommunication and justice against the backdrop of war-torn Burundi\'s beautiful green hillsides..
To the young woman\'s community, his fleeing confirms his guilt, setting off a chain reaction of pursuit, mob justice, and Nyamuragi\'s attempts at explanation.
When Nyamuragi, an adolescent mute, attempts to ask a young woman in rural Burundi for directions to an appropriate place to relieve himself, his gestures are mistaken as premeditation for rape
