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'A Widow's Quest for Truth in Rwanda' [8min @33:50]

Lesley Bilinda trained as a nurse and in 1989 she went to Rwanda as a health worker. There she met and married Charles Bilinda, a Tutsi. While on holiday she heard news of the genocide. Among the victims: her husband and her best friend. She returned 10 years later to try and find their killers, see justice and forgive them in a process of reconciliation. A DVD was made of the journey, Hunting My Husband's Killers. She has written her story to coincide with the 12th anniversary of the genocide. With What Remains: A Widow's Quest for Truth in Rwanda is published by Hodder & Stoughton, at $13.99 (£7.99). Also participating in the discussion is Dominic Dromgoole, the new Artistic Director for London's Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Midweek"