tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post8451079429213296098..comments2024-02-19T03:01:37.869+01:00Comments on Mary Okeke Reviews: My Father, Maker of the Trees, 2009: How I survived the Rwandan Genocide by Erik Irivuzumugabe with Tracey D. Lawrence ***Mary Okeke Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-36111904652428864142015-05-23T09:48:46.170+02:002015-05-23T09:48:46.170+02:00Thanks for the commentThanks for the commentMary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-7617042683426508532015-05-22T20:34:26.455+02:002015-05-22T20:34:26.455+02:00In Eric, Christ is finding expression. Love is not...In Eric, Christ is finding expression. Love is not love if it is not first its own change. This is seen in the incarnation of the Father's love, the Son putting on our humanity that we might put on His. By this mercy is Eric changed and changing, just as forgiveness begets forgiveness. May God bless Eric and his family that remains.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178909322837799062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-22948031328962994712015-05-22T20:25:57.685+02:002015-05-22T20:25:57.685+02:00In Eric, Christ has found expression. Many Rwandan...In Eric, Christ has found expression. Many Rwandans are learning and teaching us first hand that love first changes itself if it is to change anything at all. It was in the love of the Father for the world that the incarnate Son found expression; and it is the same for Eric and for you and for me. As we participate in the love of the Father we become agents of the redemption and change that is in His Son. God bless Eric and his new family, Mugabo, and the few others that remain. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178909322837799062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-9665800873274626852012-09-03T17:15:24.170+02:002012-09-03T17:15:24.170+02:00Nana.. I love Novels but when it is so Christianiz...Nana.. I love Novels but when it is so Christianize and so spiritual I don't consider it a novel anymore. I consider it some sort of Bible or holy book. I will look into it, but if it is as Christianize as My father Makers of the Trees, I will rather read it some other time. But I will still search for the book. Thanks.Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-51721242051216448642012-09-03T16:28:33.157+02:002012-09-03T16:28:33.157+02:00I read the Shadow of Imana by Veronique Tadjo, a f...I read the Shadow of Imana by Veronique Tadjo, a fiction based on observations and true accounts of the genocide. This one will be interesting but its Christianisation will make some people look at it twice.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-27392212468306664302012-07-01T19:34:26.928+02:002012-07-01T19:34:26.928+02:00Hey Oscar,
Yes this book is about somebody who was...Hey Oscar,<br />Yes this book is about somebody who was a victim of the Rwandan Genocide, a survivor of the genocide. For you not to be disappointed I have to tell you that this book is not as you may expect. It is not a book that should be considered a story from A-Z, it is a spiritual healing book, some sort of bible. In the first few pages Eric told the story of how his life was before and during the genocide. The rest was the spiritual healing he received from Christ after experiencing such an unacceptable atrocity.<br />If you would like to learn about the people affected by the Rwandan Genocide, for sure this is a book you should read, or there is another one I haven't read yet about a woman one of the genocide survivors, I think it is good, its name is "Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust" by Immaculee Ilibagiza. Search for her on youtube, she was interviewed on an international TV some time ago (BBC or CNN.Mary Okeke Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093194142479071407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086606904260296965.post-74968221242410540872012-06-30T22:37:43.705+02:002012-06-30T22:37:43.705+02:00I agree wholly Mary, it is essential for anybody t...I agree wholly Mary, it is essential for anybody to gain an understanding of the genocide. Damn, it was less than twenty years ago since the atrocities in Rwanda. If I get time I will read the book, it looks interesting, I know about the happenings in that genocide, Tutsi vs Hutu etc, but would like to learn about the people affected by it all. Was this book about somebody who was a victim during the war?oscar canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447599659638106746noreply@blogger.com