{"product_id":"forgiveness-is-medicine-survivor-of-the-1994-genocide-against-the-tutsi-in-rwanda-9798196025570","title":"Forgiveness is Medicine: Survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Pierre Ndengeyingoma | Jean Pierre Ndengeyingoma\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Survival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the day they tried to kill him three times, Jean Pierre Ndengeyingoma closed his eyes and prayed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April 1994, as the genocide against the Tutsi tore Rwanda apart, Jean Pierre found himself on the death list of the Interahamwe militia. Hunted through the streets of Kigali, stabbed, beaten, and left for dead, he survived three assassination attempts in a single day. For thirty days, he hid in a pit beneath a fireplace, praying in the darkness while killers searched for him door to door above his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut survival was only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable memoir, Jean Pierre recounts not only how he lived through one of the twentieth century's most devastating genocides, but how he went on to help rescue two thousand survivors from the Church of St. Paul, guide RPF soldiers through enemy territory, and ultimately find the one thing he never expected: the ability to forgive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgiveness Is Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of faith tested to its absolute limits, of a nation shattered and slowly rebuilt, and of one man's extraordinary journey from the darkness of a pit to the light of a life fully lived. It is a book about what it truly means to survive and what it costs, and what it gives back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForgiveness is not weakness. It is the greatest act of strength you will ever perform.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892757282967,"sku":"9798196025570","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196025570.webp?v=1781188734","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/forgiveness-is-medicine-survivor-of-the-1994-genocide-against-the-tutsi-in-rwanda-9798196025570","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}