The Oldest Orphan by Tierno Monénembo, Tierno Monenembo

The Oldest Orphan

Tierno Monénembo, Tierno Monenembo

96 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional slow-paced
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Tierno Mon nembo was among the African authors invited to Rwanda after the 1994 Tutsi-Hutu massacre to "write genocide into memory." In his novel The Oldest Orphan, that is precisely what Mon nembo does, to devastating effect. Powerful testimony t...

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