This year it was published by Europa Editions in a fluid English translation by Alison Anderson, All Your Children, Scattered. Finding the wordsAs a child growing up in the city of Butare, Rwanda, Mairesse was an avid reader. Mairesse and her mother had narrowly escaped being killed when Mairesse, who is Franco-Rwandan, pretended not to speak Kinyarwanda. Another central theme in Mairesse’s book, which she continues in her latest novel, Consolée, is the experience of being “métisse”. Mairesse hopes to find a Rwandan publisher for All Your Children Scattered and would love to see the book in Kinyarwanda as a radio play.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 14, 2023 12:51 UTC