//By Dydine Umunyana Anderson

Books

A memoir, and a second book on the way.

Embrace Life

Embrace Life: How I Survived the Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda, by Dydine Umunyana Anderson, Kind Kulture House

A memoir. First published 2016, second edition 2024. The story of a child who survived the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, told in her own words. A book about loss, family, the long aftermath, and the slow work of becoming whole.

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Still Here: A Survivor's Case Against Hate

Forthcoming, 2027. Both a memoir and an argument: that the path forward is telling the truth, however hard the telling.

Contributed work

Life I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust. Contributor.
"Butterflies Sat Next to My Heart," in Imagine: Reflections on Peace, the VII Foundation anthology.