Healing from Genocide in Rwanda demonstrates the power of art in the service of healing, and is a testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment.
Susan Viguers conceived and designed the book, incorporating drawings and paintings by Lily Yeh..
The work draws from Lily Yeh\'s multifaceted Rwandan Healing Project under the auspices of Barefoot Artists, a project that included, among other things, drawing and storytelling workshops.
The text itself is visually choreographed.
It evokes its world through images (photographs, drawings, paintings, pattern, and color) as well as words.
The book is not limited to the literature of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, but belongs to the world as part of the collective human experience.
Their stories are framed by two chapters chronicling the transformation, in the Rugerero Survivors\' Village, of a concrete burial slab into a powerful Genocide Memorial with its bone chamber, designed by artist Lily Yeh and built by the villagers.
It tells of the horrific tragedy each survived, the courage necessary for surviving, and the humanity they embody.
The work immerses readers in the stories of two Rwandans who as small children experienced the 1994 Genocide.
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda demonstrates the power of art in the service of healing, and is a testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment
